Christmas Day 2008

What a busy Christmas day! The kids were up by about 7:30am ready to open presents and see what Santa brought them. This year, Santa left them a portable DVD player and movie. Because we scaled back with the gifts this year, the kids were done opening presents and stockings pretty quickly. Kimble even lined up the play-doh she found in her stocking (I loved that). Kevin set the kids up in Karter's new tent and they watched the Wallie movie Santa left in Kimble's stocking. Kevin and I got to open our gifts at our leisure while the kids were occupied. It was a great morning.



We then headed back to my parents' house to open gifts from them. We also had our traditional ham and cinnamon roll breakfast. So good! The kids each had their favorite gifts. Karter just couldn't stop unwrapping and ended up helping my sister, Heather, open her presents too.


Just after noon we made our way to Peoria for Christmas dinner with Kevin's family. Kevin's brothers got remote control helicopters and a Wii, so he was pretty happy. The kids got to open another present from Grandma and Papa Johnson. They really like the jammies they received. We had ham again for dinner, along with rolls, potatoes and salad. Once again, a great holiday meal.

We ended up getting back kind of late. So we just went to bed when we got home. It was sure a wonderful holiday. Kimble and Karter were both so happy with their gifts and that is all that I really hoped for. We are grateful for the time we spent with family and for all the love we shared. Until next year...