Christmas Day

Christmas Day was pretty good too. The kids were not up at the crack of dawn and were actually even asleep when Brian and I got up.



Stockings and Santa were first. The kids all made out pretty well. Stockings are always a lot of fun to open.



Then there were presents opened upstairs by all. And we mean lots of people (though most of the gifts were for the kids). In addition to us, and Grandma and Grandpa - there was Uncle Derek, Aunt Nancy, cousins Kellen and Chloe, Great-Grandma, Great Aunt Denise and Great Uncle John, and "First Cousins Once Removed" (yeah - I looked it up - and you can just call yourselves cousins) Megan and Jamie.



There is Jamie helping Jacob open his gifts. There was good loot on this day too - Brian got a beautiful quilt from Sue, and the kids got lots of fun toys. Some fan favorites are the Operation game, craft kits, star wars and lego stuff, Bears t-shirts, magnetic dolls, Barbies, and Scooby Mansion.

Here are the girls with their super-cute puppy purses....


Cousins Mike and Matt came later in the day and so did my Mom. Allison ate at least 9 cookies when we weren't looking (and probably also when we were looking). She was bouncing off the walls. The boys spent a good chunk of the day on Nintendo DS.

We were also greeted with the news of a new cousin - as Cody John Douglas was born on Christmas Day in Connecticut. Yay!

Finally, we were treated to an awesome end to the evening when Cousin Jamie performed a magic show for us. All the kids were super cute when they went up to take their turn at helper (the magic was really good too). Allison was inspired to perform her own magic show at the end - which consisted of having the audience drop something into a cup. But - she's been practicing and now has an act complete with cowboy hat, witches cape, and magic pencil wand. Jamie - watch out next year.....