Merry Christmas!

Two posts in two days...is it supposed to snow or something?!

To say that today was a merry Christmas would be an understatement.  I loved each and every minute of our day, and can't believe it is only 9:35 PM.  What a day full of worship, family, gifts, food, and love!

We went to bed at 10:45 last night completely expecting to be woken up at 6:00 AM by eager kiddos...I tossed and turned with anticipation waiting until the kids finally got up at...8:00 AM.  That doesn't happen around here.  I was so excited when they finally got up!  They were both excited to see if Santa really did pay a visit.  He did, and left Liam with a workbench, and Makayla with a teddy bear and an Easybake oven.  After they took some time to play with Liam's workbench, they opened the remainder of their gifts.  They were just so cute how they got so excited over each and every gift. Liam was priceless with his Sesame Street drumset, and Makayla was too cute with her Disney princess doll.  Most priceless of all was Liam's reaction to his race car cake, and yes, I did let him eat it for breakfast.  Matter of fact...we ALL ate it for breakfast! :)

After gifts, we headed to church (they kids were slightly wired...could it have been all that sugar from the cake?!), followed by a fun filled day at my mom and dad's.  I love that no matter what, the whole family makes it a priority to be there at the same time.  I love to have all of my family together, and I love to watch all of the kids play together.  We ate lunch, and then watched the kiddos open their gifts...what a whirlwind that can be.  :) Once they were finished opening gifts, they played the rest of the afternoon while the adults then opened gifts.  We topped off the afternoon with more cake and eggnog ice cream...can you see another diet in my future?! :)

Once home again, we opened our stockings and played with new toys.  We read new books, and tucked the kiddos into bed.  We look forward to Christmas round 3 tomorrow with Seth's parents and brother...only after I make coffee in my new coffee maker and donuts in my donut maker! :)

candy canes from Santa

finding gifts from Santa

new teddy bear

discovering the cake

Does it get any cuter than this?!?

She gives her brother a run for his money in the cute department!

Nobody is hurt...that is pure excitement! :)

sporting his new slippers

Seth with his favorite gift...not really.  I made dry erase bedside notes...I thought they were a cute idea (again from Pinterest).  It's going to take some convincing for him! :)

me with my loot

kids before cake

Makayla after cake...actually, I'm not sure what is going on in this picture! :)

For those of you that keep up with this blog, you know that my brother loves to creatively wrap my gift each year.  This year's treasure was wrapped in an unrinsed cat food bag...complete with cat hair on the bow and in the bag...yep, he loves me! :)

sweet Makayla and her stocking

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!!!