Santa Came!
Ella's pile
Caleb's pile
Ready to open their eyes and see what they got!
She was excited about her bike but didn't want to ride - she wanted to open presents!
This boy and his BB gun!
Caleb with his stuff
Ella ready to open more presents!
They wanted to start with their present together - Twister!
Movies - Lego Movie, Secret Life of Pets and Pocohontos
Santa went shopping at the book fair :) One of Ella's requests was a "Piggy Book"
A cross neckace
Magic Tracks - he wanted one with a blue car and one with a red car
This kit to play school was a hit!
New bedroom shoes
He has been asking for a new wallet!
Pez candy - one of their favorites
A tooth fairy pillow for this girl who has her first loose tooth!
This girl loves some blind bags!
Ella with her stuff from Santa
Caleb with his stuff from Santa
One last present from Mommy and Daddy
A laser tag set for the family to play
Ella started playing school right away
Caleb was excited for Corey to open gifts - a new spotlight for them
Ready to play laser tag
Kiera needed to eat and get a diaper change
Mammy came to see what Santa brought and started playing Laser Tag too!
Bailey with her stocking full of bones!
Magic Tracks - but Santa forgot AAA batteries - oops!
Showing Mammy their virtual reality glasses
and his helicopter from PhePhe
With her packed diaper bag
The chaos of Christmas - and then we headed to church to celebrate the real meaning
Our family got asked to light the Advent Candle at church on Christmas morning
On stage and speaking - not my favorite place to be!
Sweet brother and sister posing by the tree
Family picture at church
And I got to hang out with these cuties afterwards
After church it was time to celebrate at Mom's house
All the stockings were ready
Ready to open presents!
Caleb's pile - Mammy does more than Santa!
Owen with his stuff
The girls with their presents
We go around and open one at a time - Caleb was waiting for his turn
A new pocketbook
Tool organizer - it was heavy so mom wrapped the picture on the box
Picture calendar is always mom's request - she also got a cross necklace, nightlight, pedicure gift card, Corksicle cup and some stocking stuff!
When it was Ella's turn she would get everyone's attention and wanted us to watch her!
Smocked baby clothes - so cute!
Big nerf bow and arrow
Kindles for everyone!
The kids said this was their favorite gift
Binoculars for Owen
New PJs for Ella and matching ones for her baby
Light up jewelry box for Brooklynn
Easel and coloring stuff for these two cuties
Finding Dory movie
Pedicure set is right up her alley!
We all got new sheets! (Ella was trying to get out of the picture - ha!)
Brooklynn and her stuffed elephant
Playmation game - Avenger style
Monogrammed vest from Kent and Melanie
Some of Kent's present orders got cancelled so he racked up on Amazon gift cards
Owen got some tools to help Kent in the yard
We both got new coats - North Face for me and Patagonia for Kent
Owen also got a leaf blower and loved it!
Targets for his BB gun
This girl finally got the Barbie pop up camper she had been wanting!
Gun safe for Corey - he got dad's hand gun so now he has a safe place to keep it
We all got duck boots!
Corey was glad that he didn't get duck boots - he got hiking boots!
Brooklynn got rain boots (and Ella got fuzzy crocs but wasn't cooperating for a picture!)
Chaos of Christmas - we sure missed dad! He would alwasy hold babies while we opened presents and make sure all the paper was picked up and trash taken out!
Enjoying their Kindles and Snackeezs
All these toys and this girl is playing in a box
The stash we got at Mammy's - she always does too much but she always gets just what we like!
Papa and Carl arrived and the kid showed them how to work the Kindles
Giving the bunnies their Christmas gift
Carrot treats
They were just happy to be out of their pen and eating grass
Setting up her Barbie pop up camper
Playing with his Playmation game
Ella wanted a turn as Hulk
Mom made a delicious meal - Roast, ham, rice, green bean casserole, corn, butter beans, strawberry pretzel salad and rolls!
The kids table
Playing with their gifts from Papa - the game Pie Face and trucks
Ella got a Little Live Pet mouse
Picture with Papa and Carl
After dinner, Caleb lost a tooth!
We finally got around to opening stockings after dinner
Caleb took a close up of his tooth gone- ha!
Kent decided to throw Caleb's wall crawler way up high - so he was trying to shoot it down with his bow and arrow
Merry Christmas in Heaven Dad! We sure do miss you!
Back home and playing with their toys
Giggle Wiggle is a fun new game
Ready for bed in their matching PJs
Ready for bed and the tooth in his tooth fairy pillow
What a fun filled day celebrating Jesus' birthday with our family!
