Christmas Morning

Jingle, jingle, jingle. Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas!

Santa came to our house & dropped off a few things for the kids. When he left he woke up the kids with his jingle bells & his "Ho, ho, ho"-ing. They came downstairs cautiously & woke us up whispering, "Santa was here and there are things in our stockings!" Too cute. They got to open the Santa gifts right away. After breakfast we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus and then opened up the rest of our gifts.

Opening gifts.

Now I can read in the tub!

Eli bought us all gifts with his own money by himself at school & had fun handing them out. He bought Adrienne a toy car in purple (because there were no pink ones), Tony got a tape measure & I got a very pretty necklace.

The kids with their loot.

Trying out their new skates. Makes me want to get some of my own!

Christmas Eve

The kids put together their plate for Santa & the reindeer.

Don't they look tired & ready to go to bed?

I'm too excited to sleep!!!

Cookies for Santa

Our neighbor Tracey had the kids come over to decorate cookies for Santa.




Adrienne enjoyed using every color of frosting & sprinkles.


Eli was very specific about what he wanted on his cookies & he placed each chocolate chip with care.

I had to post a photo of Gracie & her cookies.

As you can see, she loves sprinkles. I think she emptied at least three bottles on her cookies!

Christmas Parade

The kids & I went to the Christmas Parade Sunday. There were a lot of different floats, fire engines, marching bands from the high schools, lots of candy for the kids and of course Santa at the end of it all. We brought a blanket and some hot cocoa and sat right on the corner to watch everything go by. It was loud, cold and fun!