Merry Christmas!

We had a very, Merry Christmas. One funny thing that happened was on Christmas Eve the girls decided they wanted to sleep in their closet, so they would not see Santa...not really sure but they wanted to do it. Surprisingly, they actually slept and didn't mess around all night, and even went to bed very easily. They each moved back to their bed sometime during the night.



They didn't wake up too early, which was nice. It was about 8:15. We were going to just open our presents from Santa before church and wait to open the rest after we got home, but we couldn't resist. It was a little difficult pulling them away from all their fun toys, but we did it. They were happy to play with the rest of their toys when they got home.








Oh, yea, Brooke got some coal in her stocking...hehehe...She was being mean to her sister and parents the few days after we got back from Utah, and apparently Santa decided she needed to learn a lesson. She knew exactly why she got that coal, and I think she learned her lesson :-)

We had no plans to go anywhere else, but then we got a call from Bishop of our ward. Their family was planning on going caroling with the Sister Missionaries after dinner and had heard that we had been wanting to go. So the kids were very excited to finally be able to go. It was a wonderful treat. We went to several houses, but only actually sang to three families. Nobody else answered their door...must have heard us singing ;-)

Monday was a marathon day of Christmas. First my family in the afternoon, then Nate's in the evening. The girls were spoiled rotten by grandparents, aunts, and uncles, oh my! Thank you everyone for the wonderful gifts.





So...my dad duct taped one of his slippers...he really needed new ones.