Christmas at the Schrock House

I hope that all had a very special holiday, I know that all of us at the Schrock House did! We started the celebration on Christmas Eve at Grandpa and Grandma Schrock's house. We enjoyed presents, food and company while the girls played with all of their new toys. Dylanne got a make up set, a color spin art machine and High School Musical books. Micheala got a Polly Pocket race car track, Horton Hears a Hoo movie and an air brush art machine. We all had a good time which just goes to prove that there is nothing better than spending the holidays with your family.
Here is one of many pictures of the girls opening gifts on Christmas morning. They each got a Nintendo DS, clothes (blah), High School Musical dolls and a Taylor Swift doll. They got a few other odds and ends gifts, but I cannot remember everything that they got. they both were very excited and were very happy with there gifts, which made Heather and I feel relieved.
A shot of the girls playing with Micheala's Polly Pocket race car track at grandpa and grandmas. This thing was not easy to put together and I thought about throwing out in the snow a couple times during the construction of the track.
Micheala and Dylanne receiving their Cabbage Patch Kids in memory of Grandma Brenda. Heather and I wanted to do something special for the girls to remember Grandma Brenda this Christmas, so we bought them each a Cabbage Patch Kid from Grandma Brenda. Heather and I talked to the girls about how Grandma Brenda was with us in spirit and that we should always remember her, not only on holidays, but everyday.
We decided to go with Cabbage Patch Kids because Heather said that when Brenda got Heather her first Cabbage Patch Kid, it was on Christmas, so we decided to make a special connection that way. This was our first Christmas without Brenda and it went alright. We will always remember how she never had a lot of money to spend on the girls, but would always seem to buy the perfect gift for them. I guess Grandmas just have a special way of knowing these things.

Here's to a Happy New Year to all!