Friday, January 22, 2010

New Beginnngs!

The holidays came and went so fast this season! We have been having a blast! Here is an update: For Christmas this year we stayed home! It was so nice to begin our own little family traditions and to just be together as a family! Santa was so generous this year and our family was so blessed! Gabe is so funny, when we went in his room to wake him on Christmas morning, he pulled the covers back over his head and wanted to go back to sleep! Of course once he got up he was super excited! Shelby was so cute, even though it was her first Christmas and she really didn't know what was going on, she still had a great time!


Shelby was all smiles on Christmas morning! I love it when my kids are happy!


Gabe so loved his Handy Manny workbench that Santa brought him! I was worried that the noises that it made would scare him because he generally doesn't like toys like this, but he totally loves it!
Here is Jon modeling some of his Christmas gifts, he got some boots, a few shirts, a coat... lots of good things!
Here he is loving the singing and dancing toolbox complete with all of the tools! Don't ya love when you have to buy something last minute because you realize that not everything is included with the "other stuff!" However Santa was prepared with batteries!



Here is my sweet smiling shelby! She has been pretty happy lately and I love it! She has such beautiful blue eyes!

As for the New Year, there is a lot going on and through it all, I still really blessed! I have a lot of personal goals that I am working on and also a few for my family! What a great time of year it is! I am looking forward to the many memories and growing times this year will bring!

9 comments:

Micah and Melinda said...

Your kids are getting so big! I can't believe it! I wish we could have seen you guys at Christmas, I'm glad you had a wonderful time on your own!

Jared and Jessica said...

Shelby's eyes are beautiful and both your little ones have the cutest smiles!

Amy Jo said...

Looks so fun! How cute are your kids!!???

Holli Slack said...

The kids looked very happy on Christmas morning! BTW...I can't get over how beatiful Shelby's eyes are!!!

Lindsay said...

Gabe and Shelby are adorable! I'm glad you and your family had a great Christmas!

alananddanielle said...

Glad to hear from the Clinger fam, it's been a little while since I've been delighted by your posts! Just kidding-glad you guys had a good Christmas, especially loved the cowboy boots with the shorts, I'm pretty sure that's a Walmart bingo all by itself!

Mindy said...

Hey Mech, glad to see an update. I'm glad you guys had a good Christmas. The holidays pass too quickly, huh? Your kids are adorable. Shelby is a doll.

Nathaniel and Julie Clinger said...

It is so much fun to see the holidays through your children's eyes. It brings back the joy in the simply things. We are so blessed to have wonderful healthy children.

Dena Moon said...

John says to tell Jonathan that he has true Clinger style with the shorts and boots:)
We're re-linking to your blog (lost all my links a while back)~so we're excited to keep up with you a little better. Love love love the pictures of your kids! What fun kids are at Christmas hu?