Christmas Day - 2010

This was MY Christmas picture of the kids before we started opening!! Evan and Mackenzie decided to start dancing, Aleah kept running out of the picture and Kylan is totally bored!! What a crew!!

We did get some family pics though although we forgot to take one of Glenn and I - no matter - we look the same anyway!!



First on the agenda is usually the kids socks but because everyone seemed to be starving, we decided to do breakfast right away - at least the first 1/2 of breakfast - Jessi's homemade cinnamon rolls were SO TASTY, and along with the all the fruit and dip, we had a feast!!

The kids enjoyed their socks from Santa and then it was on to the opening of the gifts!! Because the 2 boys wanted to just open as fast as they could, Jessi decided we would do a special chair - we decorated the chair and sat it in front of the Christmas tree and the only person that could open HAD to be in the chair - and it really worked out well!!

Papa made worm farms for each of the boys - he has a huge container of worms down in our storage room and every time the boys come, they're very excited to see the worms!! Let's hope the worms stay in the containers and aren't found crawling around the house!!


Soon it was time to eat the egg bake and cinnamon toast - we were all really full after that - and the gift opening continued!! I was excited to get Cabella's long underwear to wear when we go ATV'ing and can't wait to use my new crepe maker that Jessi got me as she had my name!! Also on the list was a new watch and a beautiful scarf!

Glenn received some new coveralls for work (I know, really exciting!!), an ATV book on an area that we want to explore, and a new heat gun for work!! Robby had his name and gave him a new pair of Cabella's socks (they last FOREVER - he's worn this one pair for probably 8 years!!) and a long hitch type thing that will make it easier to hook up the boat when the camper is on the pickup!

After a fantastic prime rib dinner, the kiddos (except for Rayna) all took naps and the adults did their predictions (more on that in another blog) and their socks!! Then it was on to Christmas Trivia - wow - what competition between the 3 couples and Glenn and Rayna who made up a team!! Jessi and Gary won so got the first pick of the prizes and Glenn and Rayna were next! I was hoping Rayna could get the cute holiday cocoa mugs as she LOVES cocoa and sure enough she did!!

Kylan is NOT happy in this picture with his cute reindeer antlers and Mackenzie seems to be saying - "Oh my, Oh my"!!

Aleah was all smiles in this photo!

All in all, one fantastic Christmas - I think the key is to be ORGANIZED and Jessi and I spent a lot of time and emails thinking the weekend through so everything would go off without any hitches!! AND IT DID!!!