Christmas 2008

This year we had Christmas at our house.  Chris and Shelby spent the night Christmas Eve so they could be there in the morning when the kids woke up to see what Santa brought them.  We all set our alarm clocks to wake up at 6am, thinking they would wake up around then like they normally do.  Boy, were we wrong.  My dad showed up around 6:15am, and we continued to sit around for about 15 more minutes and then finally gave up.  We ended up waking them up.  They came out of their rooms so groggy and went straight to the couch to curl back up and close their eyes.  As you can see...Kacy got a kitchen and a doll house (that were all set out unwrapped), and cody got a bunch of smaller things (walkie talkies, binoculars, etc that were all unwrapped as well).  We had to coax them to get off the couch to see what they got.  I don't know about you, but I don't remember knowing any 4 year old kid that didn't want to wake up REALLY early on Christmas morning.  After the presents had all been opened everyone else started showing up.  Russ' parents, and their friends (Billy and Kay), Bonnie and JD (my dad's friend and her son), and Jack all came to enjoy the wonderful food and fellowship.  It was really nice to be surrounded by friends and family and to reflect on the true gift that God gave us...the whole reason of Christmas!  What a blessing!!