Up Next...Christmas with the First Group of Kiefers

So, here's Xmas, Part Two - our Christmas celebration with Laura's mom, brothers, sister, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephew. We always wish we could spend at least a day or two down in Jasper with our family there, but work schedules and our own family unit's Christmas celebration usually makes that a logistical impossibility. Oh well, we're happy we get to spend whatever time we get to spend with our family - be it an hour, or several days, like we were able to do in Tennessee. The boys adore their cousins, and the adults all get along quite well - it's usually a great time.

Kian picking on Aunt Adie's glasses (which, at Brooklynn's birthday party, he continued to do, and eventually popped the lenses out of her glasses) which we're going to have to break him of, post haste. Sorry, Adrienne!!!

Captain Goofball, Nolan.

Brook, Kian and Mel doing their best Gene Simmons impersonations. Now, to convince them not to make videos, later in life, that get spread around the internet...

Jackson excitedly opening the Eve to accompany his Wall-E toy.

Brook, Jack, Adalyn, Ashley and Nolan having fun.

It's usually in the third year that the kids lose all sense of propriety in opening presents, and begin to go into full-blown rip and reload mode, Ashley. Hang in there!

Nolan creeping out the baby.

Brook calculating the risk/reward of snatching something from Jack's present pile.

Mel got pretty jazzed over this one...I think maybe it was the American Doll set we got her?

Brook's thrilled with yet ANOTHER Dora-related toy...mom and dad, not so much.

EXTREME CLOSE-UP!!!! Hi Adalyn!

Katy and Matt

Way to be the odd-man-out, Joe. Two pretty girls' faces, then your mug.

Behind me snapping this picture, someone threw a whole pile of free bowling passes in the air, eliciting these reactions from J and Frank.

King Kian, Master of All He Surveys From His Poppa-San Chair.

Merry Xmas, Part Two! To Be Continued, again...

(K)