Christmas Eve...

The past 2 years now we have spent Christmas Eve at Todd and Andrea's. We just hang out for hours and let the kids play while we eat and visit until it's too late and we have to drive home and put the kids down. Andrea gave me the coolest zebra watch and fuzzy blanket this year. We had a blast and love them them with all our heart! Thanks for a super fun night guys!

A very spoiled Christmas...

We had a wonderful Christmas yesterday. We were up at 5:13 and opening presents by 5:30AM. Gotta love having kids! We went over to G-ma & G-pa's later around noon and stayed until 7:30.They were actually spoiled this year, something I hardly ever do. But thanks to my Dad and G-ma sending a few dollars this year, they recieved a few things they had been wanting for years. They got a Wii this year and they are in Heaven. Tristin saved $ 100.00 and helped pay for his Nintendo 3DS. He was beyond shocked that I bought it since he was saving and still needed more $ to make up the difference. It was great to surprise him and show him we were proud of him saving for so long. He quickly ran to get his wallet to turn over his portion and has been glued to it ever since. The girls got a keyboard and piano lessons ( we will hopefully pick up my Great G-ma's piano this Summer back home!) There was alot of Angry Bird stuff, and Justin Bieber things flying around. Willow loved her play doh, Dora stuff and other toys. Grace has been singing her heart out on her kareoke machine and plunking away on her keyboard. I was spoiled too. I bought myself a few things this year that I needed- like a coat, socks and under things. The kids bought me a scarf, leporard gloves, slippers and yummy treats. Trav got me gift cards to a few of my favorite places- Target, Craft Warehouse & Panda Express! Mom sent a few dollars and Sonic cards for the kids, and G-ma sewed aprons & church bags for the kiddos. DeArley bought me my elephant pj's from JCP that I wanted and my favorite lotion & bath stuff, Ang bought my favorite skirt- and my brother Jesse sent the coolest package this year with a cookie monster pinata filled with toys and treats- plus a Discovery Center family pass! We are so grateful, spoiled and happy for this wonderful time of year. We were able to take cookies to the firemen this year and that was fun to do with the kids. We will be staying in and organizing closets! Yeah for us!