Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas morning is so much more magical with kids than without.

And ours were good this year and didn't make us wake up terribly early. :)

Ready to head downstairs!

The initial reactions. :) 

(Don't worry, it's only a couple minutes long)

Kenn's stocking swag

Amy's stocking swag

Yup, Caleb was that excited about having given Daddy some fuel injector cleaner

Daddy was happy about it, too :)

Beckett opening his AquaDoodle mat from G & G Smith

Caleb's airplane

My gifts from my boys--aren't they sweet?? :)

Caleb finally got a red kid-sized umbrella. The face says it all.

Beckett's take-apart airplane

New bathroom stuff! Mommy is so excited!

It's somehow comforting to know that Kenn makes the same face for a tool...

...and books

LOVE this, Caleb really liked what Beckett gave him (plastic toy lizards)

And B was excited about his train book

Kenn didn't know he was getting a shower radio, and it was even better because he'd forgotten until that moment that he wanted one. :)

the mess actually wasn't too bad when it was all over

Santa took bites of everything!

Breakfast was awesome this year--breakfast pasties and fruit and juice and toast--

and some awesome pomegranate jelly from Jackie! :)

the inside of the pasties--eggs, sausage, skillet-fried potatoes, cheese, onions, and green and red pepper. Delicious!

And yes, Christmas was on a Sunday this year, but no, we didn't go to church like everyone else did. Beckett and I were still getting over being sick, and Kenn was starting to come down with something, so it just didn't happen. And we weren't struck by lightning. :)

It was a really nice Christmas, though. We had the missionaries over for dinner, and ate some awesome blueberry cheesecake for dessert, and it was fabulous. Merry Christmas!