Christmas morning dawns early, but not too bad about 7:30 is when the natives stir. We force the kids to wait gift opening until after breakfast. They go nuts!!! We have a huge breakfast of pancakes, eggs, sausage, grits (we have a southern grandma and grew up on them.) and juice. We spend a few moments clearing the food away and then converge around the tree. The dad's pass out the gifts. We try to keep it one at a time so the grown-ups can see what the kids get, but soon they are getting restless and it is a free for all. Days later I am still discovering what they got because I loose track of who is opening what.

This is my Father, Carvel and his grandson, Logan.

Reston opening gifts...

Malachi and Elijah

Cris got a football!!!

My brother Kim and his son Will.

Esther being a ballarina.

Lizzy with a new stuffed animal.

Paige in the morning

Tayla and her Stocking.

Scott and I

Coco's being carried by Malachi.

Will wrestling with Coco's

This is what their room looks like a lot of the time. It is a little more crazy because Chistmas just got dropped in there, we have organized it a little more now, but we still get days like this when the cousins come to play.

Will and Shay were absorbed in a movie.

Joy and Paige in their new clothes.

This is what Christmas can do to you. Tayla climbed in the Nativity and fell asleep.
Christmas is such a wonderful time, full of traditions and family time. We hope that the true meaning of the Season doesn't escape the kids. But just being together and spending the time to create good memorise is always worth the time...

Hope your season was great also!