NATAL 2011

We celebrated Christmas this year Brazilian style by opening presents after midnight Christmas Eve. It was great because after we went to bed there were no children waking me up every hour to see if it was time yet!!!

All Jake wanted this year were clothes and money!!!

He is constantly going out with friends and is finding out how expensive this is and not being able to earn any money has been hard! He had his first job at age 11 and loves having his own money!!!

Tyler loves all things soccer !!! His favorite team is Real Madrid.

He also loves all things xbox!!!

Kyle loves to read the Diary of a Whimpy Kid books. He has been waiting patiently for this new one. He finished it in 2 days!!!

Skateboarding is a new favorite thing as well. He has many scrapes and bruises, but refuses to stop!!!

Alison adores all things Justin Bieber!!! She is a little Bieber crazy!!!

She wanted a guitar so bad. I asked her how she was going to learn and if she wanted me to sign her up for lessons, but she says she will learn how to play from youtube!!! I laughed at this , but she has already learned a song! I will post a video later.

Tim spoiled me with lots of my favorite Bamboo kitchen stuff.

Tim wasn't so sure about staying up so late, but he was a good sport! Santa brought him new pants and shirts and his favorite gum Big Red!!! which is not available in Brazil.

Overall Christmas was a big success!!! We missed our family in the US and spent a lot of time on Skype. We also had four missionaries for the day so they could talk with their families. I've decided that I don't want to be away for another Christmas so I have one year to talk Tim into the idea. Wish me LUCK!!!