I love Christmas Day! It is such a different day than ANY other day of the year. There is so much joy and excitement and love. Like most years Ben and I were awake before any of the kids but we waited in bed patiently until the kids finally got up at 7:30 🙂 Benji went downstairs to check things out and then came in to tell us that Santa DID COME and that Dad was NOT on the naughty list! He had checked his stocking and found presents under the tree with Ben’s name on them! whew… Benji was very relieved – He is our tender hearted Child, always concerned for others. Yes, he DID note the presents for himself as well.

We spent the morning opening gifts one at a time. Rose had to open and play with each gift as it was unwrapped. Benji had a hard time waiting for his turn. Cali and Packer were both kind of in shock mode. Santa brought each of the kids what they had asked for!! Rose wanted a Barbie, check. Cali wanted her own camera, she got the kids Vtech and has mastered it. Packer wanted a Furby, (yes, the overpriced robot stuffed animal), but if you were there to see the joy on his face when he really got one – it was priceless. And Benji did not get his own tablet but the family got an Xbox and he got Skylander Giants to play on the Xbox!

We had a busy morning and had to postpone our Christmas Day Cinnamon Rolls a day and we barely made it on time to Christmas Dinner with Grandma and Grandpa and the Falabella’s. We enjoyed the afternoon with family and then came home and tried to decide if we should drive to California in the snowy conditions. We decided to wait and hope for better roads. I did not like waiting but I did like getting the house cleaned up from the Christmas chaos and the extra time to pack. We had a Great Day and a Great Christmas Season. WE ARE VERY BLESSED.

This is possibly my favorite picture of the day: priceless…