Merry Christmas 2008!!

Christmas was awesome at our house! Our kids must have been better than I thought because Santa brought them LOTS of presents!!
If you asked Samantha what she wanted for Christmas, she would say "Ming Ming"-- a duck from the Wonderpets. No one really believed her... but she did! And Grandpa Bill got her one. Ming Ming is cool...she dances and sings and all the kids like it!

Here is a picture we took on Christmas, in the evening. Daddy took the picture. And Colby was miserable and refused to be in the photo! It was a very long day, and so that's why Colby was miserable. We woke up, opened gifts, then went to Mike and Renee's for a party, home to visit with Grammy and Wally and then off to Grandpa Bill's. Whew! It was a long day! Thankfully Daddy was off of work on Friday so we had a nice quiet family day at home.

Look, it's Santa!!

Here is Owen with his stocking.

Here are the 4 kids on Christmas morning, before opening gifts....
They woke us up at 6 a.m. They were very very excited! They ripped right into their presents and it didn't take them very long.... but it was really fun to watch them. Owen of course didn't open his own gifts so we opened them for him. He didn't care at all. :-)
Everyone was happy with what they got.
Sam got a lap desk, Heelys, a razor scooter, some art stuff, a bat bag for softball, a vest
Will got Heelys, a robot, a toolbox and tools, some legos, origami stuff
Colby got a flying turtle, some games, some legos, a toy helicopter, the Star Wars trilogy DVDs
Owen got a gym to play under, some books, a stuffed seahorse, a toothbrush!
Art got some war DVDs, some wine, a new camping chair, some jeans, cashews!
And I got a LAPTOP!! Yes, other things too, but I love my LAPTOP!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!