Christmas Morn

We had a very nice and quiet Christmas morning. The kids were up sometime around 7, and we were done with presents and breakfast with the kids quietly playing by 9:30.

We had a smaller Christmas than usual, but the kids didn't seem to mind. I have to say they are pretty terrific that way. They have always been happy with whatever they got. This year, Santa really did well.


Jackson and Gabe both got Video Spywatches. (This is something they started asking for way in advance, and I spent a month trying to sway them from the watches, thinking that they would not be worth the hype. A month later, and they are still loving them).


Jacob has become our resident Big Game Hunter.....Wii style. He got an older Cabella's hunting game for his birthday from his friend Rhodric, and had asked for the 2011 game that came with the Wii rifle with scope, etc. Way too much money for what it was. We had gone with something else, when we found exactly what he wanted for less than half price a few days before Christmas. Score!!! You can tell by the look on his face that he was pleased.


Mady opened her present and was surprised with a new phone which started ringing on the tree. She wasted no time in starting a texting marathon, a teenager through and through. If you want to reach her, a text is ALWAYS welcome.



Had to take pictures of these hugs, as they are so few and far between!




We enjoyed our now traditional Berry and Cream Cheese Rolls for breakfast. Yum!!! (I even had to make a second batch this year so that we could share some with friends, because we seemed to eat them all)

The kids played Wii and board games, and just enjoyed the day together as a family. Phil made his Prime Rib and Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes for dinner.
I couldn't have asked for a more pleasant Christmas day. (We even got Phil to join in for a game of In a Pickle....which he won convincingly).



That evening we decided to go see some Christmas lights. There is a park on the beach that had a drive through lights display. It reminded us a little of Thanksgiving Point, only it wasn't nearly as good. Afterwards we drove to downtown New Haven where there is a huge pine tree on the green that they lit with LED lights. We got out and looked at the lights and took some pictures before we headed back home.



Jackson's ear started hurting that evening again. It happened a week after Thanksgiving too...ear infection. By Sunday he was in a lot of pain, and we were able to get him an appointment with the on-call doc, so Phil stayed home from church with him and took him in to have his ear looked at. It was severely infected. They got his medicine and headed home about the same time we headed home from church. In a major snowstorm. But that's another story for another post.