I love Christmas, there is something so magical about the whole day! It is great! Lexi slept in, which was my first Christmas present, so at 8:45 a.m. we got started opening gifts. Lexi first opened her stocking, and although she loved everything, her two very favorite things were a Tinkerbell doll, and one of the my little ponies. Then, we started opening gifts from each other and from family. After we were about midway through, Lexi kind of lost interest and started walking around, so Chris decided we needed a cinnamon roll break. So, we ate cinnamon rolls that, if I do say so myself, were the best I have ever made or eaten! Delicious! I only make cinnamon rolls once a year on Christmas day, so they are always a special treat! Then, we opened more presents. We received some awesome gifts and want to thank all who gave us gifts. I won't list all of our gifts, for that would take forever, but I will just tell some of our favorites. Chris's favorite gift was a Seinfeld Scene it DVD game! I finally surprised him with a gift this year! My favorites were The Pioneer Woman Cookbook and Food Network Jelly Roll pans, awesome! Lexi's favorites were Woody and Bullseye toys from the classic movie, Toy Story, and play horses. Christine can't tell us her favorites, but she looks ridiculously cute in all the clothes she got, and she chews and shakes the rattle she got, so we will go with those as her favorites. All in all, it was a relaxing morning and quite fun! Then, we hosted Christmas Dinner with friends. We invited two families over, but one of the families got sick, so they had to cancel, so it ended up being us and our new good friends, The May family. They just moved here from Texas so that he could start Law School and they have become instant friends. So we enjoyed a lovely and scrumptious dinner, followed by awesome desserts and a fun game of Apples to Apples! Lexi had fun playing with David, there three year old son, and especially loved playing with his light sabers!
Christmas was great and I cannot believe that is has already come and gone, but the memories will last forever! Okay, that was kind of cheesy, but I mean it.
Look at all those presents! We are truly blessed!
Right now Lexi likes this more than Christine, but I know any day now Christine will love it too!
We have already played a game, and Chris whooped me. I guess I need to watch more Seinfeld so that Chris has some competition.
I am so excited to try some new recipes! And, who doesn't love Christmas Story? It is one of Chris's favorite movies of all time!
This doll tells a story, super unique and cool.
These guys so far have had to come everywhere with Lex. To church, to bed, to dinner, she is obsessed!
I have decided that I love decorating our table for special meals. It just makes it all the more specal!
The napkin rings are jingle bells and once the kids figured this out, they started singing the song while shaking these bells. It was cute!
I love these bowls! So cute!
The kid table
The idea was to decorate the table cloth, but the kids had more fun eating the mints in the gift bucket pictured on the left, and singing jingle bells so it never got done. Oh well!
The yummy food!
This is one sweet family! Good times. Thanks for coming you guys!
A little blurry because the kids were in action, but after the May's left, Lexi asked if she can have a "white saber" too, just like Davids. Maybe for her birthday is what I told her. We will see.
Chris got this shirt for Christmas, and I think he looks particularly handsome wearing it, so I snapped a picture. I sure love this guy!
