Our Christmas

It seems as though Christmas came very quickly this year, it really snuck up on me! Even with all the last minute shopping, cleaning, cooking, and baking that almost sent me over the edge we still had a wonderful Christmas!Christmas Eve is our BIG dinner with my family. So after I spent the day baking and cooking we headed over to my parents house for lots of yummy food. Just like always we were bombarded with lots and lots of good stuff! All of my brothers and sisters were there, so it was great!
After dinner the kids got to open a couple of presents. My grandma made all her non-married grand kids and all her great grand kids rag quilts with their names embroidered on. They were so cute and my kids loved them! And then they got to open a present from Uncle Jordan and Aunt Amber. They are rule breakers!! They got all the kids "cool" shirts, so they all had a little wardrobe change. After too many treats and lots of good company we had to head home so that Santa could come. We put the magical key out, so Santa could get in and we left him some sugar cookies (those are his favorite!) and some hot chocolate and then off to bed for us. It was a very long day!I was very surprised when Nick and Chloe came into my room so early. This is the first year that they actually woke up first. I am not a morning fan, but I was actually laying there awake because there is just something special about Christmas day and I can't sleep in. So Nick and Chloe woke Alex and Cooper up and then we headed downstairs to see what Santa brought. Nick got Nintendo gs, Chloe got her double stroller, and Alex & Cooper both got big trucks. We took our time opening presents and had our traditional Christmas breakfast, egg strata and homemade cinnamon rolls.
After we all got ready we headed to Chris' parents house to deliver presents and breakfast. We chatted with them for a bit and then it off to my parents again to open presents. I think my kids were more excited for Grandma's presents than Santa's! As usual they were spoiled!

Then time for some more breakfast! Crepes has been the Christmas tradition since I was little, so I definitely couldn't miss out on that. We spent the afternoon playing Wii and putting together new toys. After we couldn't handle any more sweets we went to lunch at TGI Fridays with all of my family. The kids crashed in the car on the way to Chris' sister's house for Christmas dinner. We couldn't handle anymore food, so we visited with family and friends and enjoyed a the 2008 Lichty Family video that Melissa put together. And finally...we headed to the movies with some of my family to see Marley and Me. It was a cute show, but very sad.

We had a wonderful Christmas! We are so thankful for all of our family because they are ones that made our day special!!