Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve we went to a friend's house and went to church with them. We had a really great time, but we didn't get home until after 11:00 p.m. We put Emma to bed in a pack and play there and she slept like a champ until we woke her up to come home to sleep in her bed. I am so thankful that she'll sleep anywhere at anytime. We had a great time with a white elephant gift exchange and a Chinese gift exchange. Since we were out so late, we didn't do any of the traditional cookies and milk for Santa, etc. Cade still woke up at 6:00 a.m. and was excited to open presents. We sent him downstairs to watch t.v. until Emma and Maddi were awake about an hour later. Here they are coming down the stairs.

Checking out the presents!

Stockings! Emma has a big gash in her nose from slipping on the kitchen rug and crashing into a chair the day before.

Emma was really excited about the presents and enjoyed opening them. She wanted to play with each gift after opening and I had to encourage her keep opening more gifts.


Cade with one of his favorite gifts, a hunting game for the Wii.



After all the gifts were opened, there was an envelope that said "open last". It was a note from Cody, our elf. He helped Santa with the last gift and left clues ALL over the house to find the last gift. It was upstairs, downstairs, upstairs, etc. The kids were worn out after 14 clues making them go up and down the stairs!

Even clues in the freezer! Silly elf!

The last clue led them to the basement where they found a ping pong table!

That made them all smiles!

Then we opened our gifts from family. Maddi girl learned how to make scarves with a neighbor and she made me one. She is the sweetest little girl. She helped Emma make us all a handmade gift too. Love that Maddi.

Yeah, Aggie dress!

Cowboys gear! Hopefully soon we will be back in Texas where we can buy our own Texas team gear whenever we want.

Emma was so happy all day! She was running around and singing and just so happy.

Time to play with the new loot.




It was a wonderful Christmas day. Maddi and Cade both said it was their best ever. We spent a lot of time hanging out together and playing games together and stayed in our pjs most of the day. Happy Birthday baby Jesus!