Christmas Morning

We opened presents around 10 am. You can see the computer open behind me. We didn't want to miss chatting with our California family, so we kept it close by. I got some good loot, even though most of it I knew about. The surprises were a Kindle, some jewelry, a white blouse, tan pants, a piano book and a dvd recorder/vcr. Other things I got were the traditional box of cereal (Fruity Pebbles for me), a pink shirt, slippers, a couple of tank tops and several movies.

Christmas Eve 2010

Zoe trying on Mr. Potato Head's glasses

Addie and Zoe trading presents with each other, with a little help from Jess

Zoe's new outfit

A new book for Addie - although it looks like Michelle is the most excited about it!

Michelle and Addie playing with the sticker book

New book for Zoe

Octopus bath toys for Zoe

Playing with her new toys

Jess is pretty happy with the gift card

New shot glasses

Ryan's present - I scanned at least 1,000 childhood pictures for him and titled and tagged them.

New Squinkies!

Picking another present to open

Michelle's new shelves

Helping with the new Squinkie bracelet

New jewelry

Trying to get Addie to open her present - clearly, unsuccessful

Check out her new necklace from Shell

Picture book from Grandma - Addie's trips to the Zoo

For Zoe, made by Victoria

Chicago Trip Photo Book

All About Zoe photo book

Yay! New chapstick!

For Addie, made by Victoria

Opening presents

Another fun book!

New jewelry from Victoria - check out my nails!

She couldn't be more excited about her Sephora gift card

Zoe is helping Grandma open her present

It's a new tv/dvd player from all of her kids

New jewelry from Steph

Playing together

Opening presents from Ali. She wasn't really into opening gifts, but I told her there might be an octopus inside them, so she decided to look. Instead it was two books and a sparkly Elmo purse.

New quilt made by Grandma Steph

A Christmas Party

Every year we go to our friend's, Patience and Theo, musical Christmas party. There's singing, dancing, duets, solos and a ton of fun! It's always a great night!

Luminaries at the Cemetery

Every year the cemetery by my house has a night where they light up the cemetery with thousands of paper bag luminaries. It's quite an awesome sight!