Merry Christmas

We had a nice quiet little Christmas with our family this year. We didn’t do anything too fabulous, just enjoyed being together. In fact, one of the best parts of doing it that way is that you can stay in your pajamas all day and not even feel bad about it. We actually had a white Christmas for Christmas eve and day, but that afternoon it started to rain and didn’t stop for over a day- so we had the perfect excuse not to go anywhere.

The boys were so excited to wake up that morning and could hardly wait for mom & dad to get out of bed and get the cameras ready. Even Matthew kept yelling “presents!” and squealing with delight. We didn’t make them wait too long and they were able to open their fun presents. They all thought they had a pretty great Christmas. It’s not the most fun thing to be away from family during the holidays, but it was nice not to have to travel and we enjoyed talking to our families on the phone later in the day. It was fun spending time together playing with new toys and games and having dinner together. **

Pushing the limits as to how far they can go to wait!

One last smile for the camera, it's getting painful at this point.

I love the bed-hair!

Matthew deciding that using teeth is a great way to quickly open presents.

Jacob with his prized toy that he'd been asking for for months.

Matthew, perfectly content to sit and play with all his new cars-I don't think he can ever get enough.

Shown-Jacob and Caleb with fun gifts from Grandma. Not shown- the 'games' they would come up with, including taking turns doing target practice as the other ran loops around the kitchen/living room.

The boys with an awesome, motorized car track. They spent a ton of time making new tracks and playing with cars.

Playing 'Don't Break the Ice'. This was a favorite of mine. Matthew especially loved using the hammer to knock out the ice pieces.