Christmas 2010

Christmas at our house this year could be considered nothing less than wonderful. The picture above was taken Christmas Eve just after Santa had come. Unfortunately, our family didn't have a very restful evening all snuggled down in their beds. At around midnight, the power went out which caused our house alarm to "alert" us that it didn't have power. The loud beeping woke all three kids, and it took an hour to get them all calmed down and back to sleep. Unfortunately it threw off the rest of the night and ended up with Steve sleeping on the floor of the nursery trying to get the twins to sleep. So... everyone was a little tired when the day started at 6:00 a.m. Here's a video of the kids reactions when they woke up.

There were many favorite gifts... but the biggest hit was the FurReal cat that Auntie Trish bought for Paige. She would talk to it, feed it, cuddle with it, coo at it and I had to break up at least five sibling fights over it.


Garrett is really enjoying his Black & Decker work bench from Nani and Papa. He has already been seen trying to saw body parts off of Molly's Barbies with his tools. He's such a boy...


Molly LOVED her dollhouse from Santa, but the highlight for her was the gift opening. She savored the whole event, and tried open everyone's gifts for them.


After the gift opening the kids enjoyed relaxing with Nani and Papa and watching Toy Story 3. It was so fun having my parents here for Christmas. Steve and my dad ripped out our en-suite bathroom and it is ready to be tiled now. My mom and I had a great time playing with the kids and I was really thankful for all her help.


After naps, we went to Aunt Nancy's for an AMAZING prime rib dinner. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of our time there, but needless to say it was a blast and the kids had a fabulous time with their cousins. We got home late and ran out of time (and stomach room) to enjoy Jesus' birthday cake. I hope He understands that we took the opportunity to celebrate with cake the day AFTER Christmas! Merry CHRISTmas everyone! Hope you enjoyed your family as much as we did!