Christmas Day 2013

It's the day we've been waiting for and planning for over the past few weeks.  Christmas.   Christmas Eve we shared a wonderful church service with our church family and my mom.   McKenna and Cooper participated with the Children's Choir and sang a cute Happy Birthday Jesus song.
Soon after the service was over we headed home and the kids quickly donned their pajamas and got to work getting cookies ready for Santa.

Kinley was so cute.  She was so excited this Christmas.   Just the mention of Santa and she would scream in delight.   It is worth noting that we did spend considerable time both at home and at Wee Worship teaching her the real meaning of Christmas.

 

This was the first year that I could not find suitable matching pajamas for all three kids without embarrassing someone.  So, we opted for shirts and I think they worked out pretty well.

 

Sure enough, after the kids were fast asleep Santa made his toy drop.

We had a strict "don't wake us before 6:30 rule that I'm sure violates some parenting rule somewhere.  Turns out it worked fairly well for us.   McKenna is our resident rooster but she let us all sleep until 6:15  when even Earl and I decided it was time to get the show on the road.
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the kids coming down the steps.  The big kids raced down and in an effort to keep Kinley from injuring herself flying down the stairs I carried her.  

Everyone enjoyed opening presents and from what I understand, Santa did a pretty good job fulfilling most of the kids wishes.

 

 

 

 

By 7:30 the girls were already working on a nap and I was working to get breakfast ready for Mom, Dad, Kyle, Cady, Shane and Tighe.  

Breakfast together is something we started when McKenna was born and it is one of my most favorite traditions.