Christmas Day

 Yes, the Christmas posts are coming to an end!!  Early Christmas morning we drove up to Ft. Collins to be with the Savages'.  The kids had already seen their Santa gifts so we quickly unloaded, had some coffee with cinnamon rolls and fruit with dip before the opening commenced!

It's always fun watching everyone open their gifts!!  And I love it when the kids are as excited about "giving" gifts as well as receiving them!!

I received a Christmas towel and a pair of Christmas earrings (which I immediately put on since I didn't have any!!).  Glenn got something that deals with testing batteries - and a gift pack of different types of popcorn and seasonings!!  (we've already tried the popcorn - excellent!!)

These kids received the light up gloves also and they loved them - watch for them in the below pictures!!

We had an enjoyable day taking a couple of walks as it was quite nice outside - watching a movie - and playing games!  The ham dinner that night was delicious!

Saturday morning Jill, Aleah and I headed out to do some after Christmas shopping!  One stop later we were done!!  Walmart had what I needed - just a few things for next year - and Aleah was spending some of her money she had received which included a lamp and shade and cubbies for some of her things!  It's always exciting when you find what you're looking for!  And yes, we had stopped for coffee before shopping!!

We had an early soup dinner because we headed out early evening for a couple of light shows!  The first one was an outdoor drive through one which required reservations!  It was at a lake and it was sure fun to drive by and see everything!

Santa actually catches a fish in the below picture but of course I didn't snap in time!  The reflections of the lights on the lake were really pretty!

The next one was a walking one - we parked and walked in to this amazing place and really enjoyed it!

Check out the kids' gloves!!

This display was set up on a ridge and turned colors to the music playing - of course I LOVE it when they play the song by Trans-Siberian orchestra!!

There were several places to take cute pictures but this was one of my favorites!

Love the heart that we walked through!

It was a great evening and we all enjoyed it!!  

Sunday morning it was time to say goodbye and head back to the mountains!!  Christmas has officially ended for another year!!