We had a great Christmas this year. I think every year gets better and better as the kids get older.
Our beautiful tree all decked out for the holiday.
The kids were to happy to get and email from Santa Clause.
This years video was awesome! Santa knew their names and what toy they wanted.
Laine's reaction was priceless. She kept nodding her head, waving, and talking back to Santa.
We spent the morning at Grandma Davis for breakfast then headed home to finish up things before Rena, Steve, Heather, Lee, Aaron and Daisy came over for dinner. We had a yummy dinner and of course, Jeremiah torched the ham. It was good.
Then it was on to opening Christmas jammies and the traditional Christmas Eve in front of the tree family picture.
They loved it. There were actually some really good houses in our neck of the woods.
The men stayed behind to put together the big gift :)
They all conked out in the car and went straight to bed after looking at the lights. You might have thought we had planned it that way ;)
I set my alarm for 6:30 so that I could get all ready for church before the kids woke up. Jeremiah laughed because he thought that was silly and that they would be up before then. Nope! I was able to get all showered with hair and make up on before they got up. They woke up at 7. We put up the child gate at the top of the stairs so they couldn't go down with out us. Bode saw everything by the fireplace and screamed at Laine, "Santa came!! He brought you a big dolly!!!".
Even though she loved the doll, she loved all the character band aids Santa put in the stocking even more.
Bode finally got his Bey-blades. He has barely stopped playing with them since.
Laine was super happy to have her own "lips" aka lip smackers lip gloss and sparkly face powder. She loves my makeup and now she has some of her own.
Then it was on to opening presents. Obviously it was all he hoped it would be.
Pure joy.
Jeremiah knows the way to his girls' heart...shoes.
Laine got 2 pair of boots and new Sunday shoes.
I got new converse and an awesome pair of running shoes. All picked out by Jeremiah.
Every little girl needs a pair of pink fuzzy boots.
After we opened all the presents Jeremiah told the kids there were a few more surprises from Dad and Mom outside. Our family gift was a new trampoline, thank you walmart black Friday sale. Bode got a power wheel, thank you craigslist. Laine got a new pinkolicious bike, thank you 40% off Toys-r-Us coupon.
They were so excited about the trampoline they didn't even see the other gifts.
They have played so, so much with the trampoline and power wheel. They go back and forth and back and forth between the two. I love it!
After the opening of the presents it was on to 9:00 church. We all hurried to get to church on time and actually made it despite only having about 25 minutes to do so.
I loved having church on Sunday. It was wonderful to go sing hymns and be reminded of the birth of Christ.
We came home from church and relaxed a bit. Then it was off to spend the afternoon with the Brooks family until my parents came down for the evening. We ate yummy Mexican food and my kids showed off their loot to their grandparents.
I am grateful to have such a wonderful life. I am especially grateful to have a husband who works so hard for us so that we could have such a fun Christmas. So until next year...
Merry Christmas!
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