Merry Christmas

Yes, this is almost a month later but at least I am getting them up! There were TONS of pictures...as usual...so I am only doing a few, yes, this is a few.

Our tree w/all the presents

Kids presents from Santa

Here are the leftover cookie crumbs from Santa & the key, since we don't have a chimney we have a magic key that only works for Santa. Every Christmas Eve we hang it on the outside of the front door so Santa can get in, and then he leaves it next to the cookies so he can get in again next year.

Here is CJ with some of his presents. He wanted Indiana Jones weapons, he got the whip and the swords. The hat used to be Clark's. He got it from his Grandpa Bowen and has now given it to CJ. CJ thinks it's the coolest thing. To him it IS an Indiana Jones hat. Now to just get him the rest of the outfit!

And our little Princess. She has lots of baby dolls but no stroller or other baby items to put them in. So she got a stroller, swing which also coverts into a highchair, and a baby bouncer.

And last but not least the great search for the pickle..yes, you read that right, the pickle! Whoever finds the pickle gets the pickle gift. It's usually between Clark & CJ since I am the one to hide the pickle & Izzy is still little and doesn't understand. However, the pickle gift has always been a family gift. The last few years it has been a Pirates of the Caribbean movie, this year it was a new game for the Wii!

This is only a few pictures...there are too many to post and I don't feel like doing a slideshow. They had some more presents but these were their big presents from Santa.

Christmas Eve we spent at home this year. We normally go to my step-mom Maddy's house but my brother Ross wasn't going to be home in time so we decided to have that get together the saturday after Christmas. So we decided to invite our good friends Brent & Rachel over. We had pizza for dinner, had LOTS of yummy snacky treats! Played games, watched movies & hung out! Christmas morning CJ came in our room all excited telling us that Santa had come, this was around 8...I think. So, we rolled out of bed, got Izzy out of bed, she was also awake and then headed into the front room to open presents. We then made Egg Souffle for breakfast! Yummy yummy! That afternoon we headed over to Clark's parents house for dinner and to visit with his family.