Paige and Sierra sleep down stairs and we did
not want them to wake up and come up stairs
and see the presents before waking us up so
we put the phone by Paige's bed so when she
woke up she could call us so Brandon could
go down and get them. The only problem is
Paige was too excited. I was sound asleep
when the phone rang in my room at 3:30 in
the morning. I had to explain to Paige that
the sun was not up yet and to go back to bed.
An hour later the phone rang again. I told
her again it was still too early. And she
hung up and went back to bed. Or so I thought.
She then called me at 6:00 and cried when
I said that I really wanted Owen to sleep a
little longer and to try to go back to bed for
another hour. She cried because she never
went back to bed after the first call at
3 in the morning. I felt so bad. She
was going to be so tired. So I
went down stairs to tuck her back
in and help her go to sleep. Now I needed
her to sleep more then an hour since she had
been up half the night.
After she finally fell asleep. Riley woke up
at 7:30 and was ready to open presents.
We brought the girls up stairs but
waited a little longer to wake up Owen.
The girls got their stockings that Santa
put in their rooms and brought them to
empty out on our bed.
Of course I want to snap pictures because
they are always so excited and smiley.
Owen was so good at smiling at the camera
but my camera light was too bright
for just waking up so he would just smile
and close his eyes.
I wish I had a better picture. We take one
right before they go into the living room
every Christmas morning. But it was out
of focus and Owen did not want to sit
down. In stead he just cried and realized
he was still tired.
The girls were thrilled about their new
Trampoline Santa brought them.
Owen had such a fun time opening his presents.
Almost everything he got was some how Elmo
related. He loves Elmo! When he opened a present
and saw a little bit of Elmo he would start squealing
with delight.
He just sat still for a while with each present
and just stared at it. He was content to just read
his Elmo books all morning.
He loved his tools and tool bench
he got from Santa.
He got right to work and knew just what to do.
I'm so glad we had church at 1:00 since
it fell on Sunday this year. That way
the kids could enjoy their presents a
little before they had to get ready for church.
It is always fun trying to get a good
family picture each year on Christmas
Sunday by the tree in our Sunday best.
We had to put Owen's Elmo stuffed
animal on the tripod by the camera
so Owen would smile for the picture.
I think it worked great!
I love this picture of my cute kids!
And I love my sweet Husband!
The rest of the day was being with family and
opening present after present. My kids are
so spoiled.
After church we went to my dad's house to visit.
Sierra is at the age where she loves anything
she gets.
Paige was so excited to get the Happy Napper
she really wanted. And for the rest of the day
she had to show everyone how it worked.
After my dads house we went to Brandon's
parents house to visit and have dinner.
Owen's expression in this picture
makes me laugh.
Grandma knows her grand kids all too well.
Riley was thrilled she got a magic kit. The rest
of the night she performed tricks for us all.
All the girls got remote control cars.
However Paige and Sierra had to take turns
since their cars were on the same control
frequency. It was fun to watch Paige's car
in the living room move to Sierra's controls
from the kitchen!
