Merry Christmas 2009

Our morning began with Kaylee proclaiming that Santa Claus had come at 6:40 AM. Kaylee reported that Santa had written a letter, filled our stockings, and left presents including an unwrapped doll highchair. They crawled into bed with us for some cuddle time as we waited for Trace to wake up around 7:30 AM. Prior to Trace waking up we had monkey bread in the oven, hair combed, presents distributed, and read about Jesus' birth in their children's bible. It was fun watching the girls get so excited.

Top gifts this year are as follows:

• Kaylee: Ariel doll, Hally-Target's version of the American Girl Doll (much cheaper), Lego house set, purple robe, and dresses. The growth chart that Aunt Sam made was awesome too!
• Kianna: Polly Pocket rollercoaster, turquoise robe, Tinkerbell pajamas, Batman and Spiderman dolls, and the growth chart that Aunt Sam made was awesome too!
• Trace: He enjoyed sliding some boxes across the floor, otherwise was quite indifferent. Although, the growth chart that Aunt Sam made was awesome!
• Keri: City Looks gift cards-Day of Beauty here I come. I also love the engraved charms for my charm bracelet (names of all the kids plus Trevor and I). Very cool!
• Trevor: Framed Sports Illustrated magazine with the Hawkeyes on the cover.

We had a fun time celebrating with our families throughout the week. We spent the 17th at Stacie's house celebrating while my sister, Shelli was in town. The highlight from this evening was seeing how excited everyone was to see the photo calendar I had made. We went to Grandma Sue and Grandpa Wayne's house for a nice meal on the 22nd. We attended our church's Christmas Eve Eve service on the 23rd where Kaylee sang "Away in a Manger" with two of her friends. They did a nice job. The 24th was spent with Trevor's family and the 25th with my mom's side of the family. We are blessed to have our families in town, so that we can easily celebrate with them. We closed off the evening by watching "The Nativity". It was a great end to the day! I leave you with one question, "Could they make toys any more difficult to get out of the boxes?"