Grandpa Holman's Birthday

Grandpa Holman turned 80 this Feburay we met up at Ellbee's restaurant in Omaha. All the local family was there.

The kids all lineing up to watch him blow out some candles

A picture that was of all the great grand kids that were there. (Not sure why Linda jumped in the background). Debra & Jon jumped in, too!

Holman Christmas - OUR FINAL CHRISTMAS FROM THE 2010 CHRISTMAS SEASON!

Last but not least we finished off Christmas with Doug's Mom's Side of the family. There was lots of noise and fun with lots of little kids there. We some how failed to get a picture of all the kids in attendence. Clair and Aubrey had fun playing together. Sam and Alden enjoyed just watching Nick and Aaron play their Nintendo DS and Aaron's stacking cups tricks. It was a good way to end the Christmas Season.

This is as close as we go to a group photo of the kids. That is Nick with our 3 waiting to open presents.

Clair already enjoying her present with the wreckage of Christmas in the background.

Michelle thowing a bear at me.

Aburey and Clair looking at each other.

Great Grandpa Holman's Birthday

Doug's grandpa Holman's birthday was February 17th. Doug's mom made lunch for his grandparents and took Alden over to their house for lunch. (Samantha had an allergy doctor appointment in Omaha, so Sandy watched Alden.) I brought the the girls over for lunch later on. She made Chicken Salad Sandwiches and Carrot Cake....yummmm! :) Soon after this picture was taken, I was on the road again to another doctor appointment, this time for Clair's 4 month appointment and Sandy kept Samantha and Alden in the afternoon! It was a busy day!

Holman Christmas - OUR FINAL CHRISTMAS FROM THE 2009 CHRISTMAS SEASON!

We had the Holman Christmas on January 9th at Doug's parents' house. There was a ton of kids at this Christmas (not close to the 20+ we have at the Richardson Christmas - but these kids are the next generation - the 'great grandkids')! Dan & Amber have 4, Jon & Nancy have 3, and we have 3 - and they are all loud and crazy when they get together! ;) We were only missing Shaley and we would have had all the great-grandkids there! It was fun because we had 2 new babies this year - Clair & Aubrey! We drew names at Thanksgiving for the great-grandkids for a $10 gift and the adults did a $10 gift card exchange this year. The great-grandkids also played BINGO for prizes, and Dan called out the numbers, with a little help from Colton. Sandy made her awesome Hearty Chicken Soup and Linda made Chili for supper. It felt great to finally be done with Christmas for the year (even if we did have to string it into 2010!).

Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa Holman Anniversary party

We all gathered at the lake to celebrate Don and Liz's wedding Anniversary. Just about everyone was there. Sam and Alden had a great time playing with Shalye, aaron and nick. The ran a muck out side and had a great time.

Holman Christmas - Saturday, December 27th.

We had the Holman Christmas after Christmas this year because more people could be there on that date. We still weren't able to have everyone there this year though. It was a "wild" Christmas if you ask the adults! There were lots of kids, who made lots of noise! Jon & Nancy had their 2 boys: Aaron & Nick; And Danny & Amber had their 4 kids: Skylar, Riley, Jordan, & Colton; and our 2 kids. Every kid there was under the age of 6! Samantha had a lot of fun! She was excited about so many girls coming this year. They enjoyed the "kid" table that we had gotten for Jim for Christmas. Alden was constantly hugged by Riley (she was obsessed with babies) and he didn't seem to mind. The kids exchanged names this year and Samantha got a Princess rolling coloring pad with markers and colors and Alden got a toy guitar, both from Amber & Danny's family. The adults did a $10 gift card exchange and I ended up with a Starbucks card and Doug got a Runza card. Jon & Nancy stayed later than everyone else, so Sam, Nick, & Aaron put on their PJs and ran around Sandy & Jim's house. They had a lot of fun. They watched Madagascar and ran around the island in Sandy's kitchen alot (a Christmas time tradition for Sam & Nick-they even let Alden join in for a little bit, but then it got too dangerous!).