Last night we celebrated Christmas "Helmle" style! Since Dad was still recovering from surgery and I wasn't up for hosting a big 'to do' at our place, we headed over to Daniel and Jennifer's house for the family festivities. 
As per our Helmle tradition homeade pizza was the menu for the evening! This year everyone made specialty pizzas instead of the same old pepperoni and sausage pizzas of years past. Some of the flavors I can remember are...Reuben, BBQ, Curry Chicken, Chicken Alfredo, Spinach Stuffed Pizza, and many dozens more that I can't remember.
The Kids enjoyed making their own little pizzas and of course eating them too...their plates were licked clean!
The kids were all ready and waiting to open the presents. Jadon even tried to pass himself off as one by getting into a box.
Finally it was time for the presents. Jadon loved ripping the paper and playing with all his new toys.
Ethan and Christlyn each made gifts for everyone in the family. They were so excited to give everyone their gifts that they insisted on doing that before they opened any presents themselves. Ethan made birdhouses for everyone and Christlyn made snowflake ornaments. You can tell how enthused Aunt Jennifer and Uncle Daniel are about their new birdhouse!!!
Here Grammy and Grandpa open their presents.
Jadon loves his new firetruck!
Ethan can't wait to rip into this gift!
Aunt Kathryn made the kids a book of their summer visits to Kansas. The kids have loved showing and reading it over and over to Mommy and Daddy. I guess we really missed out on some summer fun.
With all that driving time to and from Aunt Kathryn's house, Kathryn was able to make Christlyn a very stylish hat and scarf!
What fun we all had!
As per our Helmle tradition homeade pizza was the menu for the evening! This year everyone made specialty pizzas instead of the same old pepperoni and sausage pizzas of years past. Some of the flavors I can remember are...Reuben, BBQ, Curry Chicken, Chicken Alfredo, Spinach Stuffed Pizza, and many dozens more that I can't remember.
The Kids enjoyed making their own little pizzas and of course eating them too...their plates were licked clean!
The kids were all ready and waiting to open the presents. Jadon even tried to pass himself off as one by getting into a box.
Finally it was time for the presents. Jadon loved ripping the paper and playing with all his new toys.
Ethan and Christlyn each made gifts for everyone in the family. They were so excited to give everyone their gifts that they insisted on doing that before they opened any presents themselves. Ethan made birdhouses for everyone and Christlyn made snowflake ornaments. You can tell how enthused Aunt Jennifer and Uncle Daniel are about their new birdhouse!!!
Here Grammy and Grandpa open their presents.
Jadon loves his new firetruck!
Ethan can't wait to rip into this gift!
Aunt Kathryn made the kids a book of their summer visits to Kansas. The kids have loved showing and reading it over and over to Mommy and Daddy. I guess we really missed out on some summer fun.
With all that driving time to and from Aunt Kathryn's house, Kathryn was able to make Christlyn a very stylish hat and scarf!
What fun we all had! 
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