So fun- I love Christmas mornings.... ours may have started early, but it was great! And it was fabulous having the Shelby's here to share it with us.
All the cute kids (minus Caleb) in their new jammies waiting to come downstairs.
Santa was good to us this year- EVERYONE was spoiled rotten- nice!
Here is the traditional shots of the Christmas tree as it looks before we all annihilate everything underneath it.
Apparently I didn't get a good pic of it (don't know why) but Chris and T were cute because Chris got Superman PJ's and TJ got Batman PJ's and they only got out of them all week when we had to (ie going to Tucano's for lunch, and TJ's interview). But they were excited about them.
It was KILLING the kids that Zach kept coming downstairs (when they all understood the rule to stay upstairs until we were ready)- that is also why our morning started very early- about 5:00 am, the kids were FREAKING out because Zach had gone downstairs and gotten into some of the stockings... OOPS! So we were all up and getting started by 6:00 am, pretty good considering they were all up about 4:30 am, YIKES!
Here are the kids watching and (patiently?) waiting for us to get everything ready from our bridge.
This was probably Zach's favorite Christmas toy- he now carries them everywhere, and even wants to sleep with this Toy Story set. Good job "Santa!!"
Hannah... so fun to have the cousins together.
Adam is such a great kid- he cracks me up!
TJ was doing pretty well considering he hadn't slept much- they drove all night to arrive at about 6:00 am on Christmas Eve, and then Caleb kept them up all night while they were here.
Give me more, give me more- Hannah was a good sport when she didn't have quite as much to open since she had already had two Christmas's with her Grandma and Grandpas.
Abigail was happy to get a new Nintendo DS, just like Isabelle. But they all played with the Nerf dart guns all week- big hit!
Claire--- got a new bike, and if it ever stops snowing, we'll teach her how to ride it ;)
It was an early, and fun morning of family, fun, and of course presents galore!
Bros- Sonny and T... Christmas is all about family and it was wonderful to have so many family and friends around us, even though we missed the rest of our California family terribly! But it was so nice to have a nice relaxing Christmas day complete with good food, family, friends, and fun!
The dining room is almost ready for our big feast! Yummy!
We hosted our family Christmas morning brunch at our house this year- naturally the Shelbys' were here, but soon Sonny and Patty and Caitlyn joined us and the DeSantiago's- our adopted family. Here, I put Nicole in charge of setting the table (apparently that is a daunting task at my house and Nic, Patty, and Ivana were afraid I was going to be upset that they were doing it wrong- I thought that was funny)
Naturally, we ate great- we always do when we get together, we had a fabulous Brunch complete with Crepes and Berries and Cream, Brown Sugared Bacon, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs, Roasted Red Potatoes, Banana Walnut Muffins, Juice Bar, Yummy! I told everyone if they didn't get fat and happy at my house- it's not my fault!
You sing it T
It was so nice to have such a relaxing and chill Christmas, we all just played and talked and ate and rotated on RockBand marathon Christmas day... and I loved converting people to my new addiction, muwahahaha
Our favorite Christmas day activity- this little band rocked the house!
TJ quickly became great on the guitar and was an easy convert... Caleb was not a good helper though. ;)
I am the drummer- it's not a secret that I've become a RockBand addict- but I have to say that I actually do rock on the drums- and it was great having bandmembers to play with ;)
Sonny is my RockBand buddy... I've converted him, he liked Bass and Guitar most though.
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