Christmas Eve/Morning

Our family Christmas card picture.

(12/23/11) Dave wanted a picture of the boys in their matching monkey shirts while eating their lasagna and was tickled when he captured this.

We always let the kids open one present on Christmas Eve and this year we had a great time. Collin was so in love with his "big present, mine red big present!" (He LOVES red!)

What is it? The anticipation is so exciting! (It was a construction site with a remote control dump truck and he loves it)

Anna was over joyed by her new babies and plays with them for hours every day.

I love Benjamin's smirk/dimple combo here!

Everyone quickly dispersed to play happily with their new treasures.

Look how serious these two guys look building their K'nex vehicles.

Collin was really into Christmas this year and loved every bit of it!

Christmas Eve service at our church.

The kids were excited to see their friends on Christmas Eve.

 

 

My handsome boys!

After church we took the kids to a live nativity which was really neat and then had Chinese food for supper....a great day!

   

Christmas morning was so much fun. We are so blessed to be able to bring joy to our kids as we celebrate Christmas together. They all loved their presents and were so happy!

 

 

 

Benjamin loves Wolverine and was so excited that I finally found him a Wolverine toy!

Anna was giddy over her nightgown with a matching one for her baby doll!

Collin continued to love his presents.

Stocking time!

One of Benjamin's very favorite gifts was this watch Santa put in his stocking. He wears it everyday even while sleeping.

It was a really fun morning. There were a few sad moments (Collin reached up and touched the stove right after I had turned it on to make breakfast and burnt his hand pretty bad (with blisters that are still bothering him over a week later) and then Anna got car sick on the way to Grandma's house and threw up) but mostly if was full of joy, joy, joy! My favorite was how excited the kids were that it was finally baby Jesus' turn to be put on their advent calendar. All three kids seemed to honestly love the true meaning of Christmas and that is a wonderful blessing!