Well, we made it. Through all the preparation of our homes and our hearts - we made it to Christmas again this year. It was everything that on imagines Christmas should be and to be honest, at some moments I felt a little guilty. We are so completely and unbelievably blessed with family and friends and many other luxuries too numerous to mention.
Our Christmas was very quiet and laid back this year. After spending Christmas Eve at Mimi and Pappy's we came home early and started our preparations for Christmas Day. I'm including a picture of our tree in this post because I consider it our small Christmas miracle that it was still standing Christmas Eve. One look at the pile of ornaments taking refuge on my kitchen window sill would tell you a lot about the state of our tree this year.
Let's just say that we made a strong effort to keep the breakable ornaments up higher than a certain little girl could reach....but it didn't always translate into success.
McKenna and Cooper made sure to get Santa's plate ready. They were very generous with the cookies for Santa and the oatmeal for the reindeer.
For once it didn't take much convincing to get the kids to bed. They were exhausted from their day at Mimi and Pappy's and excited for Santa's arrival. Apparently McKenna was not tired enough though because she was waking me at 5:50 asking if we could open presents. Um....no. Since she was the only one up I made her go back to her room for at least another 1/2 hour. She will gladly tell you that she gave us an extra ten minutes on top of that. Again, Christmas miracle. Since Kinley has recently embraced the concept of sleep, we decided to let her do just that while McKenna and Cooper opened their presents.
There was a definite theme associated with our Christmas this year. Let's see if you can figure it out.
McKenna was over the moon excited to get an ipod touch. She was really hoping Santa would grant her that wish. Good thing he came through.
And this picture pretty much says it all. Cooper loves his Lego's! If you're counting we are up to two HUGE Lego sets. I'll spare you the pictures of the other 4 large boxes of Lego's and the 4 small boxes too. Suffice to say we have a fairly complete city! We have such a fun time building them together that it's all worth it.
Kinley's timing was nearly perfect. She woke up just as the big kids were finishing up. And she was in a wonderful mood. She had some present opening practice in the days leading up to Christmas so she didn't need much help.
Her reaction when she opened her very own "baby doll" was priceless. She was all smiles and showed her off to everyone.
Earl and I exchanged presents - jewelry for me and golf stuff for him.
I think for a minute that he really thought I only go him a cover. Silly, the club is hidden in a special place!
We shared breakfast and a few more presents with Mimi, Pappy, Shane and Jeri before enjoying a pj day, lots of box opening, video games, an afternoon nap and generally wonderful time together.
Merry Christmas from my biggest blessings!
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