Merry Christmas everyone! Do you know difficult it was to get this picture taken? I am not too proud to admit that I held presents as ransom for this picture. (Moms have to do what they have to do!)
The kiddos got up at a decent 8:00am this morning. Running upstairs, they were thrilled that Santa came! And they got presents not lumps of coal! Austen was especially pleased that Santa took the time to read the books he left out. Brennen saw that Santa ate most of the 2 Gingerbread Men he left out - except for the arm and one marshmallow! Everyone gathered around Dallen, who read Santa's letter out loud.
Dallen, Austen & Brennen raced through opening their presents while Chyler ate her way through her stocking. I'm not sure she gets the whole "presents" thing but she happily enjoyed everything she did finally open. As requested, Santa brought Dallen his Mindflex game, Austen his walking Iron Man robot, Brennen his remote control spider & Chyler her trunk of dress-up outfits.
Our family is so blessed to have so many wonderful members in our extended family, our friends & our ward. We're constantly surrounded by love and support. Truly thankful for all the Lord has provided for us. This season, we had an advent calendar added to our Christmas decoration collection and we were able to place a little more focus on the real meaning of Christmas as we sat together and opened a door of the calendar each night. The kids were excited about filling our manger with those who were there that blessed night. But, they are kids after all and they were also super excited about all the presents under our tree.
We hope that you had a wonderful Christmas too! Now, on to 2011!
2 comments:
Hope you had a very merry Christmas Mari!! We sure miss seeing you guys! Time sure flies and the kids are just growing up way too fast! Jonas turned 14 today on New Years Eve. We are still trying to unpack from the trip to Utah. We have a Kardiac kids benefit concert on Jan. 2nd too...hope you got the flier that I emailed to you. Call if you're interested. My kiddos will all be performing except for Kumen. Say "HI" to the family!
great pictures :)
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