Christmas 2010

Wow I can't believe it's almost the end of January and I still haven't put Christmas on here yet. Not cool. So Christmas, was wonderful as always. We had snow to make it all look Christmas-y, and a beautiful tree with lots of presents! Plus lots of yummy treats and good food and wonderful family! Christmas Eve we had Sheri and Derek and their three little boys over, we also had Jennie and Kevin and their three little girls over, plus their little four footed friend, Rocky, who is always good for entertainment and laughs! The Ma and Pa of this wonderful family, John and Marilyn were also here! It was so fun! Bret's sister Debbie was the only one not able to come. So for her gift to all of us she ordered a wonderful gourmet dinner from Omaha Steaks for everyone to enjoy on Christmas Eve. It was all very good! So thank you Debbie! After dinner we all had a Christmas Eve together, with singing, and reading the Bible, and Twas The Night Before Christmas, then we opened the presents we all got for each other. All the little cousins had so much fun opening, and the parents had an even better time watching it all! We all ate and ate and ate, cookies, a yummy cheese ball, and homemade caramels, and peppermint bark, and candy and pop, and all the other yummy things to eat at Christmas. The hour was getting late and all the little ones needed to be in their beds. So all of our company left to get back to their own homes and await the arrival of Santa. After I put my kids to bed, which took awhile, Bret and I put out the presents and stuffed the stockings for the kids in the morning. I was so very tired. It had been a long and fun and very busy day. All the stress of the holidays was over and everything that needed to be done was done. The kids woke up around 6am, and wanted to open the presents, I was still tired and new I wasn't going to get any more sleep. Opening presents is always the best part. I love watching the kids get excited over a gift they wanted.

These pictures are a little out of order, this is Keaton decorating our tree. I had it flocked this year. I've never had that done before, and I loved it! One of my favorite things is snow covered evergreen trees and I had one in my living room!

We always decorate the tree listening to Christmas music. Bret usually supervises and makes sure one spot doesn't get to overcrowded.
Christmas morning waiting to open the gifts, Ohh the anticipation!!!!!!!!!!

More decorating pics, I don't know how to move them around with out deleting them. I've tried a couple of times. Oh well.

After the presents were opened we had breakfast and then played with our gifts, and ate more candy and cookies, and chocolate! It was just our family so we had a nice quiet day. I was tired, and sad and glad it was all over.