Christmas Day!

The big day finally arrived!
Santa was faithful to the kids...

 And even for Sir Pounce!

Let's see...
They went to bed around 10:30 I think.
All of them said they hardly slept.
The first attempt to get up was around 3:40.
No.
The second was around 6:30 and that was pretty reasonable, so we got up.

As they are running down the hall, I'm saying "Wait!  We need to wake Hannah up!"
(I hate starting without everyone there.)
But to my surprise, she was already up and at the tree!

It was just a perfect Christmas morning.
There were no huge items.
No bank breaking gifts.
Just simple things that they loved.
And they said so...over and over and over!

I'm so grateful for their gratitude!

A few of Hannah's gifts...

And Ivan's...

And Jenelle's...

The day couldn't have been more perfect!
A warm fire!

A nutritious breakfast hanging right off the tree!

 And snow ALL DAY LONG!

We chilled out...

Tested out our gifts...

Laughed...

Played...

Worked...

Dined...

 (thank you Dad and Vicki for the GORGEOUS centerpiece!)

And missed our families...

Merry Christmas!!