Christmas Day

Christmas Day began at 6 a.m. sharp! Well, Hailey and Abby were up and excited at 4 a.m., but there was no way in h*ll that was going to happen! Abby and Hailey woke up Joe and Rae telling them to go and see how much was out there, they had been in there spying since 4:00. Anyway, the tradition in my family growing up was to read the scriptures and story of Christ's birth, sing a song or two, then line up youngest to oldest to go out to the tree. The kids were seriouly chomping at the bit to get in there and start going crazy! They enjoyed taking there time opening gifts from stockings. Joe opened his Tongue McQueen from "Santa" and was so excited he didn't want to open anything else! Slowly the kids opened they're gifts and it was so fun for Dan and I to sit back and enjoy the excitement and I think reflect back to how much fun it was as a kid! The girls were most excited about "High School Musical 2". Hailey got a bunch of craft things (pottery wheel, markers) and a super fun game called "Blokus". Abby wanted a dog and has for the last two years, but instead she got a couple of plush dogs. Rachel got sparkly shoes and princess things as well as a doll. Joe finally got around to opening all of his "Cars" toys. Dan bought me the new Alicia Keys CD and I got for him the "Shooters Bible".

We went to my parents for the traditional breakfast....we eat everything under the sun, but my favorite was the waffles with ice cream and berries...YUM! We played Matt & Steph's new Wii (super fun!) and played games, ate some more and opened gifts, it was a very pleasant day. We had a little snow on Christmas Eve, for which I was happy. I love snow!

Joes' Tongue McQueen :)
Rachel's Little Mermaid
The line-up Hailey's Pottery!

Abby's Dog & Microphone!