12.25.2012

Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas!!!!

We woke up and spent some time together as a family opening gifts and just enjoying the morning. 

The girls were excited to open their bedroom doors and see bikes waiting for them downstairs from Santa. They have both been doing so well on their smaller bikes without training wheels, and so they were both hopeful they would get new bigger bikes.



Bennett is the best present opener! His expressions!





The girls also each got an American Girl doll from Santa. Elise got McKenna and Lila got Julie. Lila's other Santa gift was a karaoke microphone, and Elise's was the complete set of the Magic School Bus DVDs.
Bennett had a very "rescuebot" Christmas. He did not wish for a new bike, but the Transformers rescuebot police station and fire station and the two new rescuebots, all of which he got from Santa.

After we finished with the three Santa gifts, David and I gave them the gifts from us. We got them some fun little things and some that they also needed or had wished for. 
Elise wanted a Bible and a calendar, and she got both. The Bible and the daily devotional to go with were two of her favorite gifts, and that made me smile. She also really appreciated the customized calendar I made her on snapfish, and that made me smile as well.
Lila didn't have as many specific wishes, but I found some cute quirky things for our cute quirky girl. A retro game of jacks, some "big girl" clothes and pjs, 
Bennett was thrilled with his Spider Man glove and Batman pjs (notice a theme?). He also got a Skylander for his Wii game and Transformer book.





After we hung out a little while we headed over to my parents for some more gift giving and receiving. The kids are definitely showered with love and gifts from their Aunts and Uncles and Grandparents!


All of the kids were excited to chip in and get SuSu and G an Ipad.

It was a pretty dreary day and so the kids had a Christmas pajama day! We even had Myrt and Baker come over for Christmas dinner in their pjs!







My Mom cooked an amazing spread and it was just our family (including Mimi) and the Mills, which was really nice.
Awesome food and fabulous family and friends. What a perfect day.

We missed Grandpa a lot, and I know he was on all of our minds all day. So many wonderful Christmases that he was a part of. We love and miss him dearly.

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