Christmas 2013

Christmas came and went so fast (which has made us all a little sad!). We drove to Smithfield on Christmas Eve and spent the rest of the week with the Kellers. The boys had so much fun and were so very blessed (spoiled!) with more toys than they knew what to do with. We had our traditional Christmas Eve dinner and Morg was sure to leave cookies and milk for Santa Claus. Both boys slept terribly and Morg was up and awake by 540. We delayed him as long as we could (about 730) and then we woke Danny up. Danny kept saying, "It's Micris! It's Micris!". They were so excited but so hesitant at first. They were both walking so slow down the hall, holding onto eachother and giggling. It was so so cute! Then when they peaked around the corner and saw the Star Wars tent, Danny said: Mimi! Look! Star Wars! Then Morgan peaked and they they both turned to each other and Morg put his hands on Danny's face and kissed him! It was so so so cute! I got it on camcorder too! Absolutely priceless! It makes me cry just thinking about that sweet little moment they shared.

Santa went overboard again this year. It's Mrs. Claus' fault. It's just so fun! The boys got snow shovels, a play kitchen, a star wars tent, a barn with animals and lots of Baby Einstein things for Danny and lots of Star wars things for Morg. Morg asked Santa for Star Wars Angry Birds and a Star Wars calendar. He was so happy that Santa got his letter and brought him just what he wanted. He hugged me four times and kept saying, "Thank you!" and kept saying he couldn't forget to write Santa a thank-you letter.

Morg made a reindeer made out of his handprint at preschool. He wrapped it at preschool and kept it a secret the whole time! He also picked out a sweet little picture frame for me when he went shopping with Mr. Keller. It made me cry when I opened it. It was so sweet!

Mr. Keller always spoils me rotten every single year. I got a fireproof safe for my external hard drive, a record player (yay!), Mad Men on dvd (yay! yay!), a cute coat, a gorgeous, thick blanket, a cd, perfume, and the list goes on. It's embarassing!

I ordered Mr. Keller an elk antler mount for his elk antlers and had an engraving made with his name on it and the date he shot his elk. He also got a coat, Men Who Built America, the original Star Wars trilogy, some sweaters, Cabelas stuff and a cd.

As always, Stacy baked away. We ate so much! The boys didn't nap while we were there, so they went to bed extra early, which made it quite nice for game-playing. We played Marbles and Rummy for hours every night. And ate. And ate more! I think I gained at least five pounds. Yum! (And yikes!).

After Christmas day, the boys played and played and played with their new toys. It literally took us three hours to pack everything to come home because everything was strewn all over the house! I'm sure Papa and Grandma were happy to see us clean up and leave after all of that! We are so thankful for their hospitality and for the wonderful, memorable time we had there this Christmas. One for the books, that's for sure!

{Santa goodies}

{waiting patiently to go out to see all the presents!}