Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning this year was a little quiet, but fun. We were on our own for the first time in our marriage. We didn't go anywhere and no one came to us. But it was just fine being with our little family. The Christmas magic was so fun to watch with the kids! I thought the older you got, the less exciting and magical Christmas gets, but not when you're a parent. It's great!

Santa came! And those are the nightgowns they opened Christmas Eve (another tradition).
The only thing Lexi asked for was an Easy Bake Oven.

And Ava asked for a baby doll that really peed... yeah, there are NOT any cute dolls anymore!

Stockings






Lexi insisted on handing out the gifts
Ava sleeps with this music box- every night! :)





The lovely mess after everything is unwrapped

Santa left a few crumbs...

That afternoon Bret, Natalia, and Abby came over for Christmas dinner. We had our traditional prime rib, Benj does a great job cooking it to perfection! It was great spending the rest of the day with some of our family. We hope your Christmas was a great one! Happy New Year everyone!









3 comments:

Destiny Rayburn said...

So cute! I love the pic of Lexi posing with her shirt/sweater. It's so her! :) Love ya!

montana diana said...

Love, love, love the pictures. It was good talking to you all and skyping with you too. We sure missed all of you this year. Really different for us. Hope we can get together next year.The girls look like they are having a blast with their gifts. That Santa must have loved the cookies to only have left some "crumbs"!

Kara said...

I meant to write a few days ago...cute pics! How exciting to be alone for once. We finally have it down to just afternoon/evening so that we get our own time--it's awesome and so fun to just enjoy the fun and magic with your kids. I agree on the Brenna and Ava similarities...I think the same thing when I look at your blog =).