Birthdays & Christmas

We had a fairly busy weekend. Friday was my Dad's birthday and Saturday was My mom's side of the family Christmas Celebration. It was a fun-filled weekend; that pictures have to do the talking for...

Dad's Birthday: 12/19/2008


We had the trick candles on his cake: those things really do not blow out...



John made my Dad a pocketknife. He worked on it for weeks; making sure it was perfect. He was so nervous that he was not going to like it. I appreciate John's effort, because he did not have to do something like that. I think the knife turned out great!!! It looked like my dad really appreciated the gift (I hope he did), because John would of been crushed if he didn't!!

Flanders Family Christmas: 12/20/2008

Henry had a blast opening his gifts and he loved each and everyone. He has watched his Handy Manny DVD's too many times already, played his Thomas Game everytime he gets into the car, loved his Wall-e shirt, watched his movie from Grammy, and is ready to go shopping with his Christmas money!

All the 2nd cousins...


ALL the kids playing:



1st Annual Bente/Montgomery Gift Exchange: 12/20/2008
We had our close friends come over Saturday evening and we exchange gifts between the kiddos!!! Henry loved his Handy Manny tools set, he plays with it for hours!! We made homemade french fries and chewed on the burgers the guys attempted to grill for us. We made the mistake of letting the guys go to the store and buying the burgers and stuff. The list said "pre-made patties", well the pre-made stuff was frozen, so instead of JUST buying ground beef, they saw a package that said Sirloin cubed steaks, Woman's Mind: Oh, chicken fried steak steaks, not good burger meat. Man's Mind: COOL, ground up steak already made into BIG burgers. Ya, that is why I said we chewed on some burgers. That was about it, but we had a good laugh watching the guys determined to eat every last bite!!



All in all it was a great weekend and Henry is so excited about Christmas. Sorry about Christmas Cards, time just seem to slip away from me. We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. We love you all.
The Bente's
XOXO