Christmas Day

We woke up Christmas Day and Santa had come!  Yes, that's a guitar!  And surprisingly, they still pull it out from time to time.

Jackson and Jordan's gift from Kenny and I was a trip to DisneyWorld.  I tried to make a fun presentation with the Disney characters.  The kids were excited, but not CRAZY excited because March seemed so far away.

Jack and Jordan were very happy with their gifts.

Around lunch time we headed to Mark and Gayle's for the Priesmeyer Christmas celebration.

Do you think we have enough electronics???

Jackson and Grandma

The girls...  Jordan would not make a pretty face!

The boys.

The girls being silly!

Kenny and his mini-me.

The girls had a dance party!  They had so much fun!

Again, we had such a great time!  We love having so much fun with our families.

Christmas Eve

Before heading to El Campo to celebrate Christmas Eve, we had to make sure Santa and the reindeer were taken care of when they visited that night.  The kids put the reindeer food out on the patio.

Then, they got Santa's snack ready.  They decided that Santa gets enough cookies and needed some fruit.

Then they put their bags out for Santa.  And we were all set and ready to go!

We went to Christmas Eve Mass at St. Philip and then celebrated Christmas with the Stock family at Nana and Papa's.

As always, we had a great time.  We always love spending time with our families.  We don't see them enough!

Pre-K Christmas Program

Before school was out for Christmas vacation the Pre-K classes put on a Christmas program.  Jordan had been practicing the songs for a while, but not all of them.  I think some of the songs were a surprise for the parents.  They sang beautifully.  The songs were very special and the program was fantastic.  She did such a great job!

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas...  her favorite song!

Christmas Day

We were all still a little overwhelmed with all the presents we got on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning.  BUT, we were ready for more!  We headed to Aunt Gayle's and Uncle Mark's to celebrated Christmas Day with the Priesmeyer family.  After having a Mexican feast on Christmas Eve, we were ready for the Italian feast we would have for lunch that day.  It was absolutely fantastic!!!

As always, everyone is so generous.  Look at all those gifts!  And there were still two families that hadn't arrived yet!

Jackson and Nik were glued to Skylanders.  That is really a great game!

After lunch, it was time to open presents.  And the chaos ensued!!!

Trevor gave Melissa this giraffe for her baby's nursery.  She was lucky to get it out the door!

Then it was time for family photos.

When Mike got dressed in his uniform, Jackson got all starry-eyed and asked him for a picture.  It was too cute!

The little girls would be gone for hours at a time it seemed.  I went upstairs and found this...  Kristen and Meghan have a great Polly Pocket collection!!!

The rest of the evening was spent eating, drinking, visiting and playing games.  It was a great time!

Christmas Morning!

We woke up Christmas morning and Santa had come!!!  The kids were sooo excited!  Santa ate some of the cookies we put out for him and drank all the milk.  We left the reindeer some carrots too and they almost all of them.  Jackson also left two pictures for Santa, but he forgot to take them with him.  Oops!!!  But, as always, Santa left them a letter saying how good they had been all year.

Jackson and Jordan's sacks were full!!!

So the gift opening commenced...

Yay!!!  Underwear!!!

 An Easy Bake Oven!!!

 Skylanders!!!

 

 Santa was desparate for a box!  Jordan's watch was wrapped in a Velveeta box.  She opened it and said "Oh!  I got CHEESE!!!

Jordan got bunk beds for her baby boys!

Christmas morning was great!  The kids loved all of their gifts.  We spent the rest of the morning playing Skylanders and putting together Jordan's baby bunk beds.  Then it was off to Aunt Gayle's for Christmas with the Priesmeyers.