Merry Christmas 2011!

And finally, the main event... Christmas! I love the lead up to Christmas & all the traditions, but the whole point is Christmas! It is such a fun day of celebrating Jesus' birthday.

This day is still filled with traditions & we enjoy every bit of it.

We started the morning out right with yummy chocolate croissants. We buy them every year (or we have for the past few years) from William Sonoma & they are delish!

Oh, but before we ate, we all enjoyed what was left in our stockings. In this next picture, Isabella is holding up a letter from our elf on a shelf, Tom. This is what it said:

My time with you this Christmas

Has come to an end

It’s been fun making magic

And seeing you every day.

You’ve taken such good care of me

I hate to say goodbye.

But Santa needs me back at the North Pole

And now we’ll tell you why.

Today we’re having a party

To celebrate Jesus’ birth.

You see this Christmas giving

Started with Him first.

God gave us the greatest gift

That first Christmas day

When He gave the world His son

To show us the way

So while we’ve had fun playing

And making mischief the whole night through

The true purpose of our visit

Is to remind you that “GOD LOVES YOU”

Merry Christmas & see you next year!!!

Love, 

Tom 

And then the kids had to check out how much of the cookie & carrot Santa & his reindeers ate.



Then the kdis enjoyed ripping through their presents & loved their gifts.

Laura came by in the afternoon for lunch & a visit. The kids enjoyed spending time with her!

It's hard for Isabella to take a nice smiling picture. She has to make lots of faces.

In the late afternoon we headed over to Gramma & Papa's to exchange gifts and eat dinner. (Thanks Mom for the pictures... I'm awful with taking pictures!) The kids had lots of fun and it was great to see everyone.