Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone!! We had a wonderful holiday weekend. It started with a family Christmas party on Saturday. We all had a wonderful evening. The children were very excited when we had a visit from Santa with a big red sack and a toy for all the children. Then the adults had a swap with 27 people. The gifts were yet again very interesting this year, though the men were happy because there was a lot of sports stuff this year.

The boys then went shopping with Todd on Sunday for me. Eric took them all over looking for the perfect gift. He knew what he wanted and was not going to settle. Elizabeth and I had a wonderful quiet time at home for the afternoon.

Christmas Eve was very relaxing. We were able to relax and enjoy being home with eachother. We went to church with my parents at four thirty and then spent a wonderful evening at their house. My mom cooked so much food that I did not have to cook anything on Christmas we just had leftovers from the night before. Some of their neighbors came over and it was a very relaxing evening socializing and spending time together. The kids were very happy to get back to their house and have a new webkinz waiting for them. I think that it made their night. When we got home we put out our cookies and milk for santa and then sprinkled the reindeer dust on our lawn(snow banks). They all went to bed and right to sleep, I think they were wanting for Santa to hurry up and come to our house. On Christmas day the kids woke up to hear bells ringing and Nana and Papa seeing Santa taking off from our house. It was very exciting. The gifts were overwhelming again this year. We need to learn how to cut back. It was a calm day with the kids opening gifts and taking breaks to play with the toys that they got. Elizabeth quit after the fifth gift. She did not want to open another present after that. She got her blanket and pillow and told us "I watch tv now!" I think that it was a little too much for her. The kids played all day with all their presents. The adults ate, played skippo, and even had a lot of fun scratching scratch tickets from Todd. We all won something this time which made it even more fun. It was nice to spend the day with family and enjoy being with those that you love and care about. All the kids were excited to give their gifts to Todd and I that they had picked out. You could tell that they had spent a lot of time thinking about what they wanted to give us. I did get a beautiful necklace from Eric ( the one that took three jewlery stores to find) , a sweatshirt from Elizabeth, a pair of bright pink fluffy slippers from Alex, and an electric griddle from Tyler. I loved it all!! I could not have asked for a better day. I hope that everyone out there had a wonderful Christmas as well. Teea was so overwhelmed as well. Can you tell which one is the dog in the picture? I think that she spent the better part of the day curled up beside my mom or dad!