Christmas 2006

Well Christmas has come and gone and we had a great one. This was the first year Brooke was really excited about Christmas and learned how to rip open presents. We did many celebrations including a few in Oklahoma City and a few more in Tulsa.

In Oklahoma City we did Christmas with my dad and then Saturday before Christmas we opened our gifts for each other and stuff we got Brooke. Heather and I didn't get each other too much. I got a new MP3 player and Heather got my old one (advantage: Jason). I got a killer Creative Vision:M 60GB player. Heather got me and Brooke Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat and an extra set of Donkey Kongas. We got Brooke a bunch of Barbie stuff, more Dora Doll House things, books, a workbench/mechanic pitstop thing, and a Dora Game set, and some other little stuff.

In Tulsa we went to Heather's parents house, my mom's house, and my aunt's house. We also managed to get a swim in for Christmas which was a first for me. Brooke had alot of fun going to all the different family member's houses and opening gifts. Santa visited her at Nana and Grandpa's house in Broken Arrow. He brought her a Dora Scooter, a Dora Sit and Spin, more Barbie toys, a pile of Books, some Backyardigan plush dolls, and some other misc things. Nana went to get Brooke's cousin Alaina the day after Christmas so Brooke and her got to play together a little.

We stayed until Wednesday afternoon and headed back to Oklahoma City. Before we left town we had lunch with Ceth and Amy. I was wanting to see Jaime and Justin but neither were in town when we were there so it didn't work out this year. No Coneys this year but we did make a few stops at QuikTrip (QT)

Key gifts for me :

Final Fantasy 3 DS game
Castlevania : Portrait of Ruin DS game
Guitar Hero 2 PS2 game
Best Buy giftcard
Polaris sweatshirt
Money, money, money

Brooke:
Zoo Duplo block set
Dora talking cash register
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Old Main, Go Fish, Slap Jack, and Crazy Eights card games
Diego rescue field journal
Doodlepad Pro
T-Ball set
Basketball goal
A crap-ton of Barbie dolls/furniture/etc.
A ladybug raincoat/boots/umbrella
A Madeline doll
A refrigerator phonic teaching thing
Backyardigans CD

Heather:

Robe
Shoes
Money
CD's
Books
Zoo Tycoon 2 Collection
Magic Bullet
Pyrex storage containers (she asked for them!)
Quesadilla maker


I don't have too much in mind for my money. I did order the first Guitar Hero because I'm having sooooo much fun with the Guitar Hero 2. I'll also probably get Neverwinter Nights 2 for the PC when I finish the 2 DS games. There are a few CD's I might pick up as well. I'm also going to pick up Donkey Konga because the Jungle Beat game is too hard for Brooke and it's not really about playing the drums it's more using the drums to take Donkey Kong through an adventure. The rest I'll probably just hang onto until something cool I can't live without pops up.

I think those are the hilights (pics). We had a great Christmas and are looking forward to next year when Brooke will be even more excited about Santa and Christmas.