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The boys had a blast opening up all their gifts.
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Owen loved his new wooden forklift.
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Luke could not get enough of the homemade
Bingo game.
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Santa also brought a few gifts for the boys to share...
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including their very own jungle jim.
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Here Owen & Luke pose for a pic after they
opened all their gifts (and before they journeyed
6 hours to Erie).
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Upon our arrival in Erie, we found out that
Santa was not too happy with Dasher's performance.
(Editor's Note: No real deer were hurt in the taking of this picture).
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Here's Owen practicing being a big brother.
That's the latest Schaeffer addition, Cormac.
Lil' West Poley version 3.0 arrives in July, 2008!
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The Schaeffer gang with the boys. Is this
the next generation of Villa girls & boys?
(remember it's now co-ed!)
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This is the boys' great-aunt Jean playing
the Wii (& that's grams stealing all of Aunt
Jean's moves.)
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Grams bowled like a pro.
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It is a bit hard to see, but here the
boys are petting their cousin Heidi's
pet pig. It weighs over 200 lbs.
Just think of all the porkchops!
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Gramma's giant tub is reserved for only
special guests.
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The boys also got to pay a visit with Nanna...
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& PapPap.
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While visiting Nanna & PapPap, we also got
to play in the snow. Here Amy is building a
snowman with our niece Mo-Mo.
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Here's a nice close-up of Moe.
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All Luke was interested in was eating the snow.
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Here's a pic of the boys & dad posing with
the Hams (Tommy, Grace, Amanda & Chris).