Christmas at Our House

What a wonderful Christmas!!  We have baked cookies, made candy, looked at lights, taken a ride on the Santa Express, decorated and decorated some more, and spent precious time with our family! We've attended Christmas programs, family gatherings, cantatas and more!  One of my favorite events was taking the little ones to see The Star.  There is nothing more special (or more fun) that experiencing Christmas through the eyes of our sweet little ones!  They are at the perfect ages for Santa, but all know the real reason we celebrate the season!  We are so very blessed to share so many memories with our family, and can't wait to make more!!

We have always sorted our gifts into piles the night before we open gifts.  Lindsey and Caleb have passed this job on to the little ones, and they love it!  Only three or four gifts ended up with no tags or bows, so we consider that a win!

We enjoyed breakfast, opened gifts and then ate lunch together!  No pictures of that!  Maddie and Lillian set the table! It's so great having such wonderful help!

Papa spent most of the morning with us.  The kids have always loved spending time with him, and I'm pretty sure he feels the same.

He enjoyed opening his presents, too.

 Silly girl! Maddie and Lillian are patiently waiting to open gifts!  Also, Reed is obsessed with drinking out of his Mickey Mouse cup!

 The den floor becomes covered with paper, boxes and tape!  But, that's just evidence of lots and lots of fun! 

 I can't wait until John Sawyer is here to celebrate with us! We are all ready!

 Uncle C is getting a remote control firetruck or front end loader next year!

There's nothing sweeter than Christmas smiles!

Lillian has gotten a castle of one type or another for 3 years now- and, she wanted another one this year.  Nana opted for a doll house this year, and I think she really loves it! She's checking it out with her mom.

 Inspecting the gifts!

Fun with Uncle C!

My tree is down and the decorations are put away, but we made memories to last forever!  Next up, Christmas morning with Lindsey, Josh and the grandbabies.