{"id":7157,"date":"2013-01-09T16:31:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T22:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=7157"},"modified":"2013-01-09T16:31:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T22:31:43","slug":"christmas-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=7157","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/gallery3\/var\/resizes\/2012\/Q4-October-December-2012\/2012-12-31\/DSCF0800.JPG?m=1357063035\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t really tell much about our Christmas.  We&#8217;ve been so busy I have hardly had time to go through all the pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas eve we changed things up a bit.  We decided to go out to dinner at our favorite Mexican place, Los Hermanos.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/gallery3\/var\/resizes\/2012\/Q4-October-December-2012\/2012-12-31\/DSCF0782.JPG?m=1357062986\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had hosted back to back parties, and I didn&#8217;t want to do another party for Christmas eve, so it was just our family.  It was snowy and icy all day, too, so I didn&#8217;t want to make the grandparents travel.<\/p>\n<p>On Christmas morning, the kids were all up by 7, waiting for us.  Don&#8217;t you love how some of them can&#8217;t even wait a FEW minutes without a book?<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/gallery3\/var\/resizes\/2012\/Q4-October-December-2012\/2012-12-31\/DSCF0797.JPG?m=1357063029\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Santa had come, and been kind.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/gallery3\/var\/resizes\/2012\/Q4-October-December-2012\/2012-12-31\/DSCF0799.JPG?m=1357063033\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And so had Mom and Dad.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/gallery3\/var\/resizes\/2012\/Q4-October-December-2012\/2012-12-31\/DSCF0828.JPG?m=1357063087\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chaos?  Yep, pretty much.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/gallery3\/var\/resizes\/2012\/Q4-October-December-2012\/2012-12-31\/DSCF0829.JPG?m=1357063089\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/gallery3\/var\/resizes\/2012\/Q4-October-December-2012\/2012-12-31\/DSCF0823.JPG?m=1357063522\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The kids all got pretty much spoiled, what with gifts from Santa, Mom and Dad and all their brothers and sisters.  I don&#8217;t know if Larissa had experienced such a big chaotic Christmas with so many people ever before.  As part of the family, she exchanged gifts, too.  <\/p>\n<p>Later, the grandparents came over for dinner and game playing.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/gallery3\/var\/resizes\/2012\/Q4-October-December-2012\/2012-12-31\/DSCF0835.JPG?m=1357063101\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ryan had made my dad and his dad a cribbage board.  Made it himself!<\/p>\n<p>As for my gift, Ryan got me about $500 of paint.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/gallery3\/var\/resizes\/2012\/Q4-October-December-2012\/2012-12-31\/DSCF0860.JPG?m=1357063617\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nAwesome!!<\/p>\n<p>Right after Christmas, he and Cole went to work.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.ericksonfamily.com\/gallery3\/var\/resizes\/2012\/Q4-October-December-2012\/2012-12-31\/DSCF0896.JPG?m=1357063222\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They got the walls primed, the ceiling painted, and the trim painted.  Unfortunately, my computer is not recognizing my camera anymore, so it&#8217;s difficult to get more pictures up, but soon I&#8217;ll tell you about our painting COLOR and the disasters that ensued there.<\/p>\n<p>It was a wonderful Christmas season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t really tell much about our Christmas. We&#8217;ve been so busy I have hardly had time to go through all the pictures. Christmas eve we changed things up a bit. We decided to go out to dinner at our favorite Mexican place, Los Hermanos. 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