It was a mighty fine Christmas if I do say so myself. We were blessed and Santa was good to us, as were our family and friends. Way too generous and greatly appreciated.
We have 9 am Church so we had decided we wouldn't be opening gifts before Church, with the exception of the bikes and their Stockings which they were very supportive of.
McKenna needed to wait a day until we could go get her some training wheels.
This is one of my favorite moments of the day. Tyler was beyond excited to get a BIG Orange in her stocking! Sometimes its the little things that bring joy into our lives!
After church we divided the gifts and then tried to take turns opening them.
This was 1st on the list, as it was one of the 1st gifts under the tree-so much anticipation, and loved.
Tate was kind of hard to keep a hold of every time we turned around he was ripping into another present, didn't matter if it was for him or not (although not that surprising for a 3 yr old). He did really good and waited until Christmas to actually open the any of the gifts, but the excitement was just too much for him once we started opening.
Tate had a non-horse Christmas with cars, trains, shoes, blankets, and shirts which he quickly discarded. Such a boy!
McKenna and Her BIG Doll. It was love at 1st Sight!
Tyler saw this months ago and everytime she saw Santa she made sure to remind him THIS is what she wanted
Barbie and the potty Training puppies
This was definitely on the wish list: pillow pets, Thank You Leslie Exactly the ones they wanted!
Tyler's Zebra
McKenna's panda Bear
Cars & Trains, is there a more perfect World 4 a little boy?
They couldn't wait til Bedtime to get these Beauties on!
And the boys couldn't wait til bedtime to get a couple zzzz's so they both regrouped for dinner.
We were blessed enough to have our friends the McClellan's and the phillip's who also have family who live far away come over for Christmas dinner. It was a grand collaboration of Ham & a roast, potatoes, rolls, salad, it was delicious, although I think it was the company that made it all so enjoyable.
When all was said and done I was pleased when the kids declared it the perfect Christmas! They got everything they wanted! Thank you Santa, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and friends!
Writing this post I realized I didn't get any pictures of McKenna on her bike or the kids in their new Clothes, or the new Barbie stuff so we had a lil photoshoot today (1/3/11). Love my kids!
These were taken: 12
John whipped up these little beds for the girls Barbies. They had been asking for a staircase, but once they saw these cute little beds, the practically forgot about the stairs. I think they turned out great! No more sleeping on the floor for these Barbies. They also got a few new rooms of furniture.
ps-the girls already had the Barbies and rooms set up when I ran up to take pictures.
Once again, it was a great Christmas!
4 comments:
Yeah!!! Thanks for sharing . . maybe sometime this decade I'll return the favor.
I'm in love with all the Barbie stuff...wish I could play too :)
Wow! What a Christmas the Payne's had. I'm exhausted just reading about it! Loved the Christmas Eve pictures too. That's a great idea! Love you!
LookI swear I already typed a comment, but can't see it now...if you get two posts, sorry! Looks like Christmas was fantastic at your house. Those are some lucky kids. Loved the Christmas Eve post too. Great pictures. Love you!
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