Merry Christmas - 2012

A WHITE Christmas!!! We had no idea!

Snowing on Christmas Eve! What could be better?

Dad and his girls.

Snow!!

Amelia and I... a photo by Jenna.

Grannie and Jenna.

Amelia & Ava the first ones up at 7:15am!

Jenna and Mary watching her new video with matching nightgowns!

A happy Drew. He opened his presents last, sleeping through most of the craziness.

Grandpa & Grandma came over today with many, many presents...including the best gift ever!!! - the Wii! Our Christmas Eve involved a lot of cooking and listening to my records!! Yes, my records. (I think I was the only happy one.) Ava & Dave went to 4:00 mass. Ava was singing. They left right as the snow was starting to fall. As you can see by the pictures of the kids above, snow wasn't sticking to the roads, but by the time an hour or so had passed snow was sticking and falling like crazy. My side of the family came over, minus Chris. (The snow was too heavy in PA). We spent Christmas Eve playing and eating and worrying about the snowfall. The kids fell asleep fast. Amelia gave a one last ditch effort to tell Santa what she wanted for Christmas by throwing a note from her to him down the steps. Ava and Amelia were the first ones up at 7:15am. They were very excited to see Santa had knocked down the fireplace screen, some decorative houses, and ate his cookies. There were even footsteps in the snow! Santa had come of course! Jenna was excited to see all the gifts. We woke up Drew, only to have him conk out and sleep through all the gift giving. Amelia loved her ds games, dolphin stuffed animal, pillow nightlight pet, Ava's gifts included a doll bed, clothes, New Direction cd, sticker book, Jenna loved her American girl doll, videos, matching nightgown for her and Mary and her fancy heels. Drew loved his music clip, chocolate, Oklahoma jersey and alphabet toy. We spent the day playing with our new toys and even some sledding time was had! Grandma and Grandpa came over this afternoon with more gifts and a Wii console with Mario and Skylanders games. We had a healthy, wonderful, relaxing WHITE Christmas at home. Merry Christmas.