Christmas was so fun for us this year. On Christmas Eve we went to my parents for dinner and then exchanged gifts with my brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews, we draw names every year. Then we came home and gave the kids their Christmas Eve present, new pj's, and an ornament. This year I also made each of them a photo album and a slide show with pictures of fun things from 2008. I am going to add that to our Christmas Eve traditon each year. Christmas morning we actually had to wake the kids up, I had been up all night listening to a dog whine, more on that later. We got all of our presents opened up and had some fun playing and then had a yummy breakfast. My parents came around 11:00 and brought us our presents, they spoiled us as usual. They got the kids cute overnight bags, blankets, and pjs for sleepovers, and some fun toys. After that we headed to Grandma-Greats and then to Danny's moms house, his cousin was here from California where he trains horses so Danny was excited to see him. It was an exciting, busy, fun day, the best part was being together!
Here are the kids in their new pj's on Christmas Eve.
Natalie got a cd player, clothes, art supplies and other "tweenish" stuff. She decided it's fun to ask santa for surprises.
Makenna got lots of cute toys and some baby einstein dvd's. Of course her favorite part was playing with all of the bags and paper.
Austin got everything he wanted, a fire truck, a big gun and a rock-star guitar, plus a few surprises. He was so happy and kept saying "Thanks Santa, we love you" after he opened a present.
The biggesbest surprise of all was the new puppy that Danny and I (mostly Danny) got for the kids. Natalie was the most surprised because she secretly wanted a puppy for Christmas but didn't dare ask for one because she knew I would say no like I always do. The kids call him Ranger and I have to admit he is pretty cute.
