After a long night of wrapping and helping Santa's elves assemble some special gifts, Christmas morning finally came.
These are the gifts from Mom and Dad to the kids, all wrapped in coordinating paper, I couldn't resist the photo opp.
Krystal was pleased to get an Easy-Bake Oven from Santa.
Clarissa opening her Barbie clock/radio from Santa.
With a faster camera I actually caught the moment when Jared realized that Santa had brought him the Lego set that he had been hoping for.
After opening the family gift that was a Karaoke machine, a note told the kids to go to the basement and there they found the stage that Santa brought (and Dad helped assemble).
Also in the basement was Amber's train table that Santa brought and Jared's train set that he gave to Amber this Christmas.
I love this camera! I captured the moment when she gave her brother a thank you hug for giving her the train set. (I didn't get the tears of joy that Jared shed after the hug).
All the kids got these portable microphones in their stockings to aid in their performances on the stage. Krystal is all dressed up in her feety pajamas and purple accessories (too bad you can't see the purple heels from her Aunt Kara).
Amber wearing her bling and putting on lipgloss. She's in almost-three-year-old heaven.
While the kids played with their toys and Chris napped, I spent the day cooking all our favorite holiday meals. Chris got this picture of me cutting the ham with one of my new knives (and sampling the ham :)).
Ham, sweet potatoes, cheesy scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, homemade rolls, cranberry sauce, pretzel jello, and cranberry sprite is what we had for dinner. Jared asked me why I was cooking so much food. I tried to explain something about traditions and smells and family togetherness and Chris was like, "Because Americans are obsessed with eating." Aww, leave it to a man to crush the romantic ideals of a woman who just spent all day making sure that every sense of the human body was tickled by this holiday feast. Oh well, in reality he was the first one to grab the camera and start taking pictures of the food and the first one to dig into the savory bites of his favorite dishes. We polished off the night with pumpkin pie and egg nog and rolled into bed happy, tired and very full.
These are the gifts from Mom and Dad to the kids, all wrapped in coordinating paper, I couldn't resist the photo opp.
Krystal was pleased to get an Easy-Bake Oven from Santa.
Clarissa opening her Barbie clock/radio from Santa.
With a faster camera I actually caught the moment when Jared realized that Santa had brought him the Lego set that he had been hoping for.
After opening the family gift that was a Karaoke machine, a note told the kids to go to the basement and there they found the stage that Santa brought (and Dad helped assemble).
Also in the basement was Amber's train table that Santa brought and Jared's train set that he gave to Amber this Christmas.
I love this camera! I captured the moment when she gave her brother a thank you hug for giving her the train set. (I didn't get the tears of joy that Jared shed after the hug).
All the kids got these portable microphones in their stockings to aid in their performances on the stage. Krystal is all dressed up in her feety pajamas and purple accessories (too bad you can't see the purple heels from her Aunt Kara).
Amber wearing her bling and putting on lipgloss. She's in almost-three-year-old heaven.
While the kids played with their toys and Chris napped, I spent the day cooking all our favorite holiday meals. Chris got this picture of me cutting the ham with one of my new knives (and sampling the ham :)).
Ham, sweet potatoes, cheesy scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, homemade rolls, cranberry sauce, pretzel jello, and cranberry sprite is what we had for dinner. Jared asked me why I was cooking so much food. I tried to explain something about traditions and smells and family togetherness and Chris was like, "Because Americans are obsessed with eating." Aww, leave it to a man to crush the romantic ideals of a woman who just spent all day making sure that every sense of the human body was tickled by this holiday feast. Oh well, in reality he was the first one to grab the camera and start taking pictures of the food and the first one to dig into the savory bites of his favorite dishes. We polished off the night with pumpkin pie and egg nog and rolled into bed happy, tired and very full.
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What a great Christmas! Thanks for sharing
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