Christmas Day

The first person up Christmas Day morning was of course Calvin. He had to go do chores at his dad's. I was woken up by Coye who I did get to snuggle with me in bed for a while. The girls were the last ones up, which is pretty funny considering their plan was to wake us up in bed. They of course raced down to the basement to see if Santa had come and brought them presents in their stockings (he had). They were too excited to eat and wanted to open their stocking gifts first. After breakfast, we finished opening the rest of the gifts that were downstairs. Coye's favorite gifts were his balls, shoes, and the fence and animals he got to go with his tractor. Chloe's favorite gift hands down was an American Girl doll. We were going to wait and get her one next year, but seeing how much she plays with Aubrey's, we decided to get her one early. It was the best decision. She plays with that doll all the time! Aubrey's favorite gift was the American Girl Doll stable that she's had her eye on for over a year. They had a great time opening gifts and it was so much fun to watch them try to figure out what they were going to get before opening. The rest of the day was spent playing with their new toys, playing some wii together, and napping (by Coye). Denny and Eileen came over in the late afternoon and visited and ate supper with us. It was such a nice relaxing day made even better by the fact that we didn't have to go anywhere.

Merry Christmas Daddy!

Ready to open stockings

What's in there?

Matching Hello Kitty shirts

He was being so careful.

Who knew antibacterial gel in a case was so exciting? :)

Aubrey was excited about that too.

Almost done with stockings

Coye's new markers

Helping Daddy with his presents

Passing out presents

Our tree was so pretty this year - the prettiest one we've ever had.

Coye got to start since he was the littlest.

Aubrey was excited about more Lego Friends.

Sometime squatting helps when you're opening a present

New shoes

Present from Wade and his family

The shoes fit perfectly!

What could be in here? (She had no idea!)

She was ecstatic to say the least!

Aubrey saved her biggest present for last.

She still had no idea what it was until we opened the box.

She was thrilled too!

That was a lot of work!

The girls and their dolls

Coye's new fence for his animals - apparently he wants to be in the pasture too

Coye trying out his new markers

Building their new Lego sets

Christmas Eve with the Timms

December 23rd the kids and I headed down to my parents' after church to spend time with my family and spend the night. The kids had fun playing together, and my sisters and I went shopping once we got the boys down for a nap. It was so nice to spend some quality time with just them - no kids around. We definitely need to do that more often. After supper, the kids ran off some energy by running around the circle in mom and dad's house. They would make a lap and then throw themselves on the rug in the living room only to get up and do it all over again. They were so cute to watch! After the kids went to bed, we stayed up late playing games. The next morning was Christmas Eve. David had to work so he didn't come over with Hannah and Gabe, and she wanted to head home to be with him so we opened presents Christmas Eve morning instead. The boys loved opening this year! I know Coye last year took forever and the girls basically did most of his presents for them. This year he did it all himself and loved it! The kids of course were spoiled and we ate tons of yummy food before heading home to get ready for the Christmas Eve service at church. I was in charge of it again, so I had to be there early. It was a rush trying to get everyone ready on time, but we made it. The service was good and the girls did a good job with their parts (Chloe sang and did a poem with her class, Aubrey was Mary and also sang a song and did a poem with her class). They were pretty wound up by the time we got home, but we got them to bed with the promise of more presents in the morning. 

Gabe rounding the corner

Next comes Coye

The girls were each in charge of a boy to chase

Gabe loved falling on the rug

And bouncing on Chloe

Present time!

Patiently waiting

Four of the seven grandkids - just missing Nic's kids (hopefully next year we'll all be together again!)

Mom, Dad, and the kids

Coye's turn to open

Gabe's turn

Chloe's book from Aunt Dani - it's ADORABLE and so fitting. It's about an older sister who wants a younger sister just like her but gets Chloe instead. In the end, she's happy to have Chloe though. Sound familiar? :)

Aubrey's Hello Kitty from Grandpa and Grandma

Books!

Hannah and Gabe

Chloe's turn

Chloe's other new book

Calvin got foot long Twizzlers - ridiculous!

Coye loved doing Gabe's puzzle

Danielle took a picture of me to prove that I was there. :)

Aubrey's American Girl Doll School kit from Aunt Norma and Uncle Al - she LOVES it!

Another of me and Chloe

Gabe

Dad opening his Kindle Fire - he was pretty excited!

Aubrey and Daddy before leaving

Chloe and Daddy before leaving

All dressed and ready to go

My sweet little angels

Gosh she's so big!

She is too - how did that happen?!

He was being uncooperative so this is the best we've got.

Mommy and Coye

Christmas Cookies

The weekend before Christmas everyone came to my house to make cut-out cookies. Our plan was to have the boys help too but they were taking naps at the time so they missed out. It was probably easier that way anyways. The girls had fun making different shapes. They had to leave to go to a Christmas with Calvin (Coye was running a fever so I stayed home with him) before we got a chance to frost them, so dad, Hannah, Jenna, and I frosted and decorated them. They turned out cute and were really yummy!

The girls and I made ornaments for the tree out of pom-poms, a styrofoam ball, and stick pins