Christmas Day

These are the kids who could hardly wait!! Chad tortured them by making them wait until 7:00am. Luckily, and for the 1st year ever, they actually slept pretty well for a Christmas Eve night. Matt declared that he had heard Santa during the night. All the kids gathered their "friends" (gifts from last year) to join them on Christmas morning. I thought Trevor was going to explode before it was his turn to go downstairs (they entered the room youngest to oldest).

Santa had come afterall!!! He brought a present for each of them and filled their stockings with little bears and treats. Julie had awoke in the middle of the night to start the cinnamon rolls and egg casserole for Christmas Breakfast. After we opened the Santa gift for each child, we took a break and had breakfast. We were in no hurry to go anywhere (as has NOT been the case in past years), so we took our time and enjoyed each present.

One of the gifts that Trevor and Matt received were these little helicopters. They take some practice to learn how to drive, steer, and keep in the air. They also get caught in decorations easily. The hanging snowflakes were impending doom for the helicopters (and a pain for Mom to untangle). Unfortunately for all involved, this wasn't the first time or last time the helicopter looked like this. Ugh!