CHRISTMAS!

Christmas 2010 was a great one! We got back from Maryland already having finished most of the preparations for the big day. On Christmas Eve we went to the 3pm mass that had a children's theme. First was the pagent that lasted about 45 minutes, and then it went straight into the mass which lasted the normal hour. My friend and I got there at 1:45 and were able to score 3rd row seats. Woo-hoo. Then the friends came over after mass for a nice Christmas Eve dinner. It was a wonderful time. Their kids and our kids are the same age and are really good friends.

Christmas morning I was the one who was up at 5 am! I managed to go back to sleep (kind of) until 7 when the kids woke up. It was a great day. We had opened all of the presents by about 8, had cinnamon rolls, and were already playing with all of our goodies! The house looked like a tornado for two days!

Here are some more photos from the holidays:

Making Squats

Picking out the Christmas tree (funny story - it ended up being waaaaay to small for the main Christmas tree, so we put it in the family room, and went and bought a tree from Lowes for the Living Room. This tree - still going strong and beautiful, tree from Lowes, not so much.)

Our little baker

Mmmmmm Peanut Butter Blossoms

Birthday Cake for Jesus

Abby before her concert at school.

WELCOME SANTA - last night of the Elves!

The rest of break so far has been mighty relaxing. We are thinking about changing the rooms around upstairs, so the rest of the week might not be as relaxing, but hopefully more Epic Mickey, Rockband, Just Dance, and all that other good stuff is in our future too!