Christmas is always a busy time for us. With all our family so close we feel like we are running around like crazy people(we pretty much are but . . . we love it). Christmas Eve started off with the Gray family Christmas party. We exchanged gifts and did a white elephant. I think we were all pretty safe this year. I'm a little worried about next year though. The kids had fun sledding in the fields and playing in the snow. After that ended we went up to my parents house for our traditional Christmas Eve movie. We used to go to a theater but with all the little kids it's been easier the last few years to have movie night in my dad's theater room. We watched the old 30 min. How the Grinch stole Christmas and then watched Alex's favorite movie. The Polar Express. The boys were so funny dancing around with the songs. I think we told them a hundred times to sit on their bums so everyone could see. All of my grandparents spent Christmas at my parents house so we had a full house. After the movie my dad read from the bible about Christ's birth and then we loaded up in the car and headed home. We let the boys open their Christmas pj's and sent them to bed. Christmas morning we had to WAKE UP OUR KIDS!!! I thought they'd be up early this year . . . but nope they were sleeping soundly. We even tried stomping around upstairs to see if that would wake them up. I think it woke up Keira. . . but it didn't even phase the boys. After we got them up we opened presents from each other. And the kids got to see what they got from santa. Alex has been asking for hungry, hungry hippo for a long time and I think that was the first thing he saw. The boys both got scooters as well. Austin's is a razor and Alex got a buzz lightyear one. He's starting to switch from mickey to buzz. Austin got dinosaur, transformers, and hot wheels stuff. Our little Keria bug got some new clothes and some toys to get those chubby legs of hers moving. So far she's just figured out to grab whatever is under the toys to bring it to her. We were hoping she would go to the toys. . . oh well. After they'd opened all their presents we had to point out that there was something over by Keira's stocking that she might need help with. Alex saw super mario brothers for the wii and he literally started yelling (for joy). We had to start packing stuff up and getting it into the car so they couldn't play yet. They were very very disappointed. We had to get to my parents house by 8:30 though because Kevin was calling. It was really fun to listen to Kevin and hear how well he's doing in Peru.
I know he is a great missionary. After the phone call we went to Trav's parents house to have breakfast and exchange presents. The boys were really excited to get their nerf machine guns which they shoot across the hall at each other. We spent the morning at their house and then went back to my parents house for lunch. We had lunch and exchanged gifts there as well. The kids got spoiled as usual. The boys were really excited to get new blankets from grandma and the new armchairs that are perfect for watching movies and playing wii. Late afternoon we finally made it back to our house and the boys FINALLY got to play with their toys. They had fun playing wii, transformers, hungry hungry hippo . . . and everything else. Super Mario brothers was a hit and not just with the boys. We got addicted too. It's a lot of fun. We had a great Christmas and here's to a great new year!
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