We had a really wonderful Christmas this year! I love spending time with our family, seeing the kids get excited for each other, watching as they anxiously wait for their sibling to open the present they planned and saved for, and get excited about being just a little bit spoiled. We are at a really amazing time in our family where the kids get along really well and they help each other in amazing ways and that selfless love was very evident on Christmas. That's the best gift!
These pictures are in backwards order :) And Roy has even more pictures that I need to grab from him, but at this point I wanted to get Christmas posted so we can move on to other fun posts!
Mor Mor and Far Far (my parents) sent a tent and sleeping bags this year. The kids used them that night in our game room :)
Abby absolutely devours books so she was thrilled to get 2 books from her cousin Arianna!
Lydia has kept busy with her gift of Shopkins cars and Hatchimal collectibles from her cousin Sophia.
We gave Abby a huge art set. This face cracks me up!
We gave Sam the complete Captain Underpants set. He read them all within a couple days. And he has reread them multiple times. So worth the scramble we did to get them before Christmas.
We gave Lydia some Twozies (little babies) and she loves them :)
I'm not sure if Roy or Andrew was more excited about this awesome car track :)
Roy really loves fudge. A lot. So I gave him a box of fudge that we need to make at some point! If it doesn't happen before, I am planning to make it for his birthday. That's totally something I can do with a brand-new baby and with brand-new-baby-in-the-house energy.
Abby loves crazy socks, especially if they are knee high. Parents for the win!
Sam filling his mind with jokes from the joke book he got from cousin Neilson.
Lydia finally got a new copy of "Princess in Black", a book that got lost at some point in our move in 2016.
Thanks for the fun sewing kit, Mom!
Roy displaying his awesome folder and gift card from his brother Steve-o.
Abby got her ears pierced as an early birthday gift. She was so excited to get some fun earrings from Aunt Cami and Mor Mor and Far Far.
Sam with the newest piece of art equipment. He is such a good artist and Abby was thrilled to give him these cool markers that allow you to shade between different colors.
This face! The enthusiasm that pours out of Lydia is seriously amazing to me :)
Andrew finally got the triple decker Mac truck he's been asking for since just after last Christmas. He loves it!
Santa brought mermaid tale blankets for the girls and shark tales for the boys this year. With the cold days we have had over the last few weeks, the kids have used them quite a bit. Thanks, Santa!
Like all mean parents do, we made the kids wait until a certain time (7 am) and wait until we were downstairs with cameras at the ready before they could come down the stairs on Christmas. But it was all worth it!
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