It has been a busy few days! We celebratedChristmas Eve & Christmas Day here at home. It was wonderful!!
On Christmas Eve, we played several games as a family & we had a wonderful steak dinner grilled by Scott. We watched Home Alone & parts of A Christmas Story. We read several Christmas stories & got cookies/milk ready for Santa's visit. The kids went right to sleep & we gave them STRICT instructions that they couldn't get up until 6:00!!
On Christmas morning, Jake came in 100 MPH & and told us it was 6:02!! We had to wake Allie up & we all we down to see what Santa left. Jake got an Iowa Hawks football uniform (which he has worn for 3 days), a Playstation 2, Legos, football cards and a stocking full of stuff. Allie got Barbies, Mini Groovy Girls, a CD player & lots of girly things in her stocking. After we played with the Santa gifts, we opened our gifts to & from each other. Jake & Allie each made me WONDERFUL ornaments for my tree (with their pics in them), I absolutely LOVE them!! They are my favorite gifts.
On Christmas afternoon/evening, my parents came up and we grilled steak again, cooked shrimp and had tons of side dishes. We played games that night & now have Jake hooked on UNO.
Mom & I got up early yesterday and hit the after Christmas sales at the mall. We got some great buys. We picked Dad & the kids up for breakfast at the Waffle Stop. Dad & Mom left shortly after lunch and I began the fun task of cleaning up the house, putting away gifts & taking down decorations. I got all of my decorations down but one tree, which I will do this afternoon.
Here are some of my favorite pics from Christmas! The first 3 are pics of what Santa left for the kids, not including their giant stockings full of stuff. The rest are just snapshots that I thought were cute.
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