Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Christmas Day 2011

With Jason working Christmas Eve we all had to wait for him to come home from work before we were allowed to go downstairs and see if Santa had come.  He got home just after 7:30.  he quickly opened his Christmas Eve present and put his new jammies on.  Mommy went downstairs to make sure Santa really had come to visit and then the kids all came thundering down the stairs.  We spent the first hour or so playing with the fun things that Santa had brought us.  Bey blades (a game the kids love) and a new Wii game.
We started opening presents after a while.  We start with the youngest family member who chooses a present for someone else.  Everyone takes turns and we open one present at a time.  We then take time to play with and investigate each new present.  We weren't even half way through opening when it was time to get ready for church.
After church we went to Grandma Carol and Grandpa Steve's for dinner.  We exchanged presents with them and then stayed and visited and played with them as well as Andy, Laura, Nick, and Noah.  We finally headed home around 7pm so we finish opening our presents.  It was a fabulous Christmas.  (Notice my boys matching sweaters?  And Layla's new dress?  I also have a new dress on thanks to Laura and "the mall" in Washington State.)

2 comments:

Pitcher Family said...

How did I not see these pictures yet??? Sorry! I love the matching vests! Looks like a fun Christmas!

Mike and Adrianne said...

I love that you only opened half of your presents until the evening. We love being able to see you guys at Christmas. Maybe some day.