Christmas!

We had a great Christmas this year!  It started on Christmas Eve when we went to Grandma and Grandpa K's house for dinner and exchanging gifts.  After dinner the kids put their Christmas jammies on and posed by the tree.  (Can you tell Alex just wants to open gifts and Aurora is in mid-sentence, as usual?)

Then it was time to open gifts!  Grandma and Grandpa loved the Wii and accessories that all the kids got for them! 

Aurora and Josh also had a calendar made with the astrophotography pictures they had taken this year, which was also a big hit.

 Aurora and Alex were quite spoiled, especially from Auntie and Uncle Joe!

 When we got home, we read "The Night Before Christmas" and set out milk and cookies for Santa and carrots for his reindeer.

The next morning, Santa had come!!  Grandma and Grandpa S had snuck over early to help us wake up the kids and be there when they opened their Santa stuff.   The kids got new bikes and Aurora got an easle and art supplies and Alex got a tool bench and some power tools.  

Aurora was also excited that she got the Aquasand she had asked for!

Alex was all about the dragons and playsets he got from the "How to Train Your Dragon" movie.

Everyone was excited by the family gift that Santa brought - an Xbox 360 with Kinect!

After Santa gifts, we got dressed and had breakfast and then opened the other gifts.

We had a surprise scavenger hunt for Grandma S. for her big present, which she loved.  I'll post more on that later.

Mr. Alex also got his first very own pet from Grandma and Grandpa - a pair of frogs!  He named them Mr. Frog and Mr. Frog 2.

We spent the rest of the day playing games, eating, and playing the Kinect.  It was a great holiday and a wonderful time with family.  We are blessed!