Christmas morning

the boys sitting together on the steps, could hardly wait to see if Santa had come

disclaimer:
I wrote this post a few days ago but forgot to push the "publish post" button so here it is a few days later than I originally planned

My goal has been to finish up writing about our Christmas festivities by the end of this month, well It's the 30th, of course... I am such a procrastinator- but YEAH...I am accomplishing my first "new years goal"... and that is pretty BIG!! I know everyone is pretty much over Christmas and ready to begin a fresh NEW YEAR... Something about FRESH and NEW just sounds so great but I for one hate to see Christmas come to an end! Just last week I finally took down the last of my decorations... which always makes me a bit sad... I love Christmas lights all around my house, pine bows, pine cones, ornaments, nativities etc... Now my house is bare and cold just like it is outside... I miss my tree with sparkling lights!!
Maybe a little reminiscing about our Christmas day will make me feel better? so here goes... Some Christmas morning highlights....

Evan woke up around 8:30 AM... believe it or not, he is our early riser!! He came and crawled in bed with Glen and I who, I swear had just barely closed our eyes for dream land arggh!!
Evan was so excited but knew he had to wait for Elijah and Gabe to wake up. About 15 minutes later all three of them where crammed in bed with us, but not for long... we were too excited and here's what was waiting for us downstairs...
Evan had been hoping Santa could bring a four wheeler... we kept telling him that Santa might bring a toy four wheeler but probably would not be able to fit a real one in his sleigh... Evan realized that we were probably right... but all his wishing payed off and somehow Santa came through!! The boys were both so excited when they opened their eyes and there it was!!

The family favorite gift was from my mom and dad... A wii!! It has been SO much fun!!

One of Eli's favorite toys (and my favorite picture!) was a light saber... love this action shot!

Gabe loves trains and so this was perfect for him...

and this is pretty much where he perched ALL day... he was not interested in ANY other presents. his train sat by him for meals and even went for a nap with him... and still does most days :)

Oh, he did like his new fire truck too and took it for a spin ONCE... guess what he has in the trunk? yup, his train!!

Once we finished opening presents my brother and his family came over for Christmas breakfast

It was quite the spread and included, waffles with a variety of toppings, bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns, orange juice, egg nog and my all time favorite specialty from Edie...
Blueberry cream cheese french toast casserole...

YUM!

We stuffed oursleves, the boys played with new toys for hours, we took the four wheeler for a spin and sipped hot cocoa as the snow fell outside... a perfect Christmas day!!