Christmas Eve & Christmas Morning

As some of you may already know this year we had a giant sleep over at my sister Cala's house. Their was 12 adults and 12 kids. Before we went over to Cala's we opened our presents from G & G Baird. The girls got some pillows and dora pillow cases, colored bath foam and some magic dora towels. Collin got a camo fleece blanket and Bruce and I got matching Guitar Hero pj pants.

Jordon opening her gift from G&G Baird





Sienna super excited to open her gift





The girls watching their magical dora towel expand in the water



The girls and their pillows



Afterwards we headed over to Cala's for our traditional hogie sandwich dinner. The meat my Dad & Ellie brought was SO good! We had tons of dessert as well. We did the cousin gift exchange and then sent the kids upstairs to watch The Polar Express while us adults did our gift exchange. First we do a white elephant exchange and then a 'real' gift exchange afterwards. Once that was done we got the kids ready for bed and us adults watched Christmas With the Kranks. Finally around 11pm Santa came and exploded all over the living room.

The kids opening their gifts from the cousin's exchange









The kids watching Polar Express




The explosion of Santa gifts!





Collin's Nintendo DS



Jordon's Princess Play Castle



Sienna's Interactive Doll House



The Morning CHAOS!



I would bet to say most everyone didn't get much sleep, but that didn't matter because the experience was so worth it. In the morning all the kids came down to see what Santa had brought them. It was so much fun to see ALL the kids excitement in what they received this year. We had an amazing breakfast of french toast, breakfast casserole, cheesy eggs, hash browns and monkey & orange bread. It was quite the feast! Thank you Cala for hosting such an advent (adventure & event). It was lots of fun!

Once we got home we finished opening presents and the kids played till noon. We all layed down for a much needed nap. It's been a very relaxing day. Tomorrow we head out to Mud Lake to visit Bruce's family.