For some crazy reason, the boys have always slept in on Christmas morning. We have NEVER had them rise with the sun. This year they ripped the paper off the door around 8:45 a.m.
Reading their note from Santa before ripping into their gifts. Lest you think they are this disciplined, Russ had to point out the note and tell them to read it first!
It's a Kindle Fire! And it's installed with the first season of The Big Bang Theory and The Hunger Games Trilogy! Woo-hoo!
Against Santa's better judgement, it's THE air soft gun.
He was awfully excited!
Madden 12...again!
Getting it on Blu-Ray didn't seem to matter when he opened it!
What happened to the days of the matching Christmas pajamas? They're still pretty cute!
Santa brought him the chest shield (he already had the helmet, not pictured). He spent some quality time in the front yard trying to shoot the alarm sign. Nothing says Christmas like a semi-automatic!
My special Christmas morning treat...Star Wars pancakes! Darth Vader is a bit crusty in this pic, but I got better with practice!
This will be our last Christmas in this little house. It was very bittersweet. We wanted one more pic of the boys sitting together on the hearth. We used to do this every Christmas and their little feet wouldn't even touch the floor. Wish I'd had Carter change out of his "Vote for Pedro" shirt!
We traveled up to Mimi and Papa's around noon. After a late lunch/early dinner, we started the rounds of opening our gifts "one at a time." I can remember doing this at my Grandma and Grandpa Jones'. There were ten grandkids and it seemed to take forever! I'm sure my kids feel the same way! However, allow me to point out: If we were all unwrapping at the same time, everyone would have missed me opening my second fabulous pair of Uggs :-)
We got Mimi the original Kindle. "I love it...I just don't know how I'm going to use it!" We need to make her a cheat sheet!
"Is it my turn yet?"
Wendy and Chris with their gift from Mimi and Papa. They got Russ and I a similar painting of the boys last year. Teri Fowler is such an incredible artist. Priceless gift!
Enough said.
Chris and Russ with a "special" gift from Mimi and Papa.
Ben and Jerry's "Sweddy Balls" ice cream. Russ and Chris love this Saturday Night Live skit...really, they just love Saturday Night Live!
All the grandkids posing with their "big gifts" from Mimi and Papa.
It's a game chair!
And another game chair!
And a wagon!
Russ retired his Nautica sweatpants to Chris this year. It has been a standing joke for EONS that Russ will never give up "the Nauticas." He has lived in those bad boys for about 15 years.
I wanted a shot with all the grandkids...
... Natalie did not.
I think this is our only family shot of the entire season! Love, love, love these guys!
Reading their note from Santa before ripping into their gifts. Lest you think they are this disciplined, Russ had to point out the note and tell them to read it first!
It's a Kindle Fire! And it's installed with the first season of The Big Bang Theory and The Hunger Games Trilogy! Woo-hoo!
Against Santa's better judgement, it's THE air soft gun.
He was awfully excited!
Madden 12...again!
Getting it on Blu-Ray didn't seem to matter when he opened it!
What happened to the days of the matching Christmas pajamas? They're still pretty cute!
Santa brought him the chest shield (he already had the helmet, not pictured). He spent some quality time in the front yard trying to shoot the alarm sign. Nothing says Christmas like a semi-automatic!
My special Christmas morning treat...Star Wars pancakes! Darth Vader is a bit crusty in this pic, but I got better with practice!
This will be our last Christmas in this little house. It was very bittersweet. We wanted one more pic of the boys sitting together on the hearth. We used to do this every Christmas and their little feet wouldn't even touch the floor. Wish I'd had Carter change out of his "Vote for Pedro" shirt!
We traveled up to Mimi and Papa's around noon. After a late lunch/early dinner, we started the rounds of opening our gifts "one at a time." I can remember doing this at my Grandma and Grandpa Jones'. There were ten grandkids and it seemed to take forever! I'm sure my kids feel the same way! However, allow me to point out: If we were all unwrapping at the same time, everyone would have missed me opening my second fabulous pair of Uggs :-)
We got Mimi the original Kindle. "I love it...I just don't know how I'm going to use it!" We need to make her a cheat sheet!
"Is it my turn yet?"
Wendy and Chris with their gift from Mimi and Papa. They got Russ and I a similar painting of the boys last year. Teri Fowler is such an incredible artist. Priceless gift!
Enough said.
Chris and Russ with a "special" gift from Mimi and Papa.
Ben and Jerry's "Sweddy Balls" ice cream. Russ and Chris love this Saturday Night Live skit...really, they just love Saturday Night Live!
All the grandkids posing with their "big gifts" from Mimi and Papa.
It's a game chair!
And another game chair!
And a wagon!
Russ retired his Nautica sweatpants to Chris this year. It has been a standing joke for EONS that Russ will never give up "the Nauticas." He has lived in those bad boys for about 15 years.
I wanted a shot with all the grandkids...
... Natalie did not.
I think this is our only family shot of the entire season! Love, love, love these guys!
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