Christmas Day 2012

Waking up to the sound of our girls squeeling with glee, when they found that Santa had come, was enough to make my heart burst! They ran up the stairs to wake us up Christmas morning and tell us the good news. Poor Lily was just slightly dissappointed that Santa had not brought her the "jumper" (trampeline) she had specifically asked him for. We went down and dug into the pile of presents under the tree.

There were presents a few presents from Santa and my mom and sister Michelle and of course Don and I. Every year I buy my children a new ornament, it is the first present they open, and then they put them on the tree before opening the other presents. I will buy them one every year and some day, when they have a Christmas tree of their own I will give them their ornaments to decorate their trees at their houses ( a long long time from now). I love that starting our own family we get to start new traditions and still keep some of the ones from our childhood too.


After all the presents were opened we sent the girls into the kitchen to look for more presents. While they were investigating we pulled the "jumper" we bought them out of the closet and placed it in the middle of the floor. When the girls came back in, they did a double take at it, and then took turns jumping to their hearts content. I couldn't get them to stay still on it for a picture, maybe someday lol.  It was such a great Christmas and it was made all the more sweet by the fact that Don didn't have to work for the first time this year.

 This year we had a special Christmas dinner with our neighbors. It was a delcious Prime rib supper with Cheesy potatoes and green bean casserole. Along with an assortment of local cheeses and pizza dip. After we ate (way too much) we all decorated Christmas cookies together. I was a wonderful Christmas and so much fun!