Christmas

This year we had a really fabulous christmas! We opted to stay home Christmas day and it was GREAT! No running around from house to house with tired over stimulated kids! It was nice to let the kids just play with their new toys all day. We instead invited people to come here and enjoy dinner with us. Nick, Tina, kaytee, Jerry & Glenna all came over and the kids were really excited to give them the gifts they bought them with my dad. I love to watch them show as much excitment in giving as they do in recieving. As far as recieving goes, I am pretty sure the kids got just about everything they wanted...besides the puppy Alyssa has been begging for! ryan got his PS3, a video camera, a bike, and more. Alyssa got a keyboard, DSi, Wii games and more. Chloe got a baby doll set, dollhouse, ball pit, and more. They got Alot of great things this year! JR and I got a laptop from my wonderful mom!!! LOVE IT! JR got me and Ipod touch that I am in looooove with. I got him tony hawk ride (not sure he likes it) We also got some gift cards.

Better than gifts was just the pure joy of watching my kids sooooo excited with anticipation! Ryan woke up at a little after 2 am and we werent even asleep yet. Alyssa was up at about 5 and we all got up. She was so excited and kept yelling "santa came!!!" It was adorable. We have all just been lounging around and not doing a whole lot of anything except for JR who is back to work. I really need to get back on track and get the house in order. I need to find a place for all this new stuff.

I am really looking forward to 2 more weeks of the kids being home from school...hopefully we can go do something fun.