Christmas Day...

We had so much fun on Christmas day hanging out with Steve's side of the fam! After waking up and praying and singing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus (Noah and Grace's idea), the kids opened their gifts with Gigi, Papo, Nancy, Auntie Mimers, Grammy and Papa Joe watching. They especially loved their gifts from each other. They really know each other well, I don't know that I would have chosen the gifts they did for each other but now I think I'll have them choose gifts for everyone. If you get a Mr. Potato Head R2D2 for your next birthday, try it...you just might love it!
Then we headed up to Cheyenne for more fun! We played Wii, the kids opened super exciting presents and we ate great food! Grace's presents from all the Cheyenne and Boise-based clan was a muppet that she gets to design herself. How cool is that? She gets to choose its eyes, its nose, its hair and its clothes. And then it gets made by the same people who make regular muppets. She had so much fun with Sicken and Bla-Bla designing various muppets and having people vote on which muppet should be produced. The boys loved, loved, loved their new toys and there was some cut-throat Wii competition going on with the grown-ups. (Pretty sure the Wii was for the kids but you wouldn't know it if you looked at hours spent playing the thing per person!) Our kids always have such a good time in Cheyenne. They cheer as soon as they see the Wyoming sign when we cross the state line. It's so fun to watch them play with their grandparents, aunts, uncles and big cousins. Don and Noah had quite a hilarious foam airplane war in the backyard. Eli and Dave colored together for a very long time. Grace and Sicken and Bla-Bla designed the muppet and wrote a riveting princess story. We're so blessed to have family that loves our kiddos so much!
I've also included photos of our Christmas with Grammy and Papa Joe. It was such a good time. After they opened their gifts they got to play with them/put them together with Grammy and Papa Joe. Eli wanted to put together his scuba diver and shark legos with "just Grammy." And Grace and Papa Joe researched the breed of horse that she got for her American Girl doll and set up a very tricky jumping course. And Noah loves his new lego dune-buggy that Papa Joe and Daddy helped him build. It's super fun to have so many cousins their age on that side of the family and they love to get together with everyone but it was also nice to have some time with just Grammy and Papa Joe.
So there you have it...awesome Christmas! Doubly blessed!