Christmas 2010

Christmas was awesome this year. We started Christmas Eve by going to Buca Di Beppo for dinner with Sam's family. Afterwards, we went to his parents house where we had the kids (and Sam) participate in the Nativity. I have to admit, I've not seen a cuter Mary or shephard. Joseph was pretty good looking too. ;)


After the nativity, we opened some presents. Logan was thrilled with the thought of opening presents and wanted to open all of them. It took awhile to get the kids to settle down when we got home. Bedtime was later than usual, which made for a later morning. We had a good time opening the presents that Santa left behind at our house. He brought Livi a ginormous doll house that both kids fell in love with. They even tried climbing into it themselves. (Good call on the doll house Santa!)




I'm not sure how it happened, but Logan sure did get a lot of good stuff this year!
You can't tell from her expression, but she was so excited to get this from Grandma and Grandpa H. She absolutely loves it! Coloring and music are 2 of her favorite things, so it only makes sense that she would love the Crayola color wonders toy.


Once our presents were opened, we drove back up to Sam's parents house to visit for a bit and open more presents. (The kids were pretty spoiled this year.) One of my favorite gifts that Logan got from his Grandma B was a photo book of his "Awesome Summer". It's something that he can keep for years to come and one day show his kids. It was brilliant!

We travelled to my parents house later in the day where we enjoyed a delicious dinner, time with family, and yes, more presents! I really wanted to not have the focus of Christmas this year be on presents, but it was worth it to see their faces. We had some fights over toys, and a few tantrums, but overall, I think it went pretty well.

Merry Christmas!