Christmas Day!

Oh Christmas - it's so magical.  I love to soak up every moment of this holiday with kids in the home.  It's still so fun to tuck them into bed, and then get the house all ready for the magic of Christmas morning.  Santa came, and the house was ready!

Bentley was really hoping for some new Beats headphones, and football cards.

Karly was hoping for a new flute, and Santa thought he would start her out with her first recorder and music book.

Eden was hoping for some new Nike shoes and socks.

And Olive asked for a new bike.

And the many presents were all wrapped and ready to be opened!

It's always so fun to hear them start to wake up and get each other excited.  But they can't come down until we have taken the traditional stair picture!  Brad and I always like to drag it out a bit, just to drive them a little crazy.  They love spending the time looking at all the presents from the catwalk upstairs though.  So fun.

Then we let them loose off the stairs and into the front room to see what Santa brought.  They were all very excited.

Then grandma and grandpa joined us for our traditional french toast casserole breakfast, and then the present opening began!

Eden got lots of clothes and jewelry which she was very excited about.

Karly and Olive got a karaoke machine, so they performed many amazing songs for us throughout the day.

Bentley got an MP3 player to use with his new headphones.  He is excited to have his own way to run around with his music in his ear.

That afternoon we met up with the Burks and Reidheads for our traditional laser tag game.  It's such a fun way to spend the day catching up with everyone and hearing about their fun Christmas mornings.

Watch out Petroglyph Estates, the warriors have been sent out!

I love this tradition, and the friendships we have in the neighborhood!

Later that day, the Murdochs came over and the kids had a blast playing with all their new things together.

It was another perfect Christmas day with all my favorite people.  I love being so fully present and enjoying every moment.  It's one of my favorite days of the year, by far.    

Merry Christmas family!