Christmas Vacation

As I write this blog I am sitting here thinking how time has gone by so fast and there is only two days left of the vacation. Wow. We did have a great vacation though. On Christmas Eve we all get to open one present. And as much as Steph would like to pick out which one she gets to open, I have a set present we open. I'm sure most of you have this same tradition also...The opening of the wonderful Christmas PJ's. This year though I didn't just do the PJ's. We did the robes and slippers also....well all of except for Kurtis. He is just fine with his pajama pants. So before I let them dive into the pajamas we played a little Wii to get Christmas Eve Rolling.
But of course playing Wii was driving Steph nuts! She wanted to open the present! She sat right under the tree just eyeing up the present that she thought was the one she was going to open. After Torturing Steph long enough I sat them on the couch and made them wait again....hahah I am so mean....LOL.

Alright so I am not that mean....I finally let them have their present.
Steph went first then Sam and Ohhe poor Mike had to go last.


Then me and Kurtis got our turn.

I didn't get Jack a present but hey...he didn't need one....he had a blast with the wrapping paper!
"Ooooh look! A place for me to hide from all these weird people!"
Look at our lovely PJ's. LOL me and Sams even came with boxers!And then there are the robes! Gotta love the soft and cuddly robes!OK! now go to bed! Christmas will be here soon enough! See...There it is...... Christmas Morn.

Mikes favorite gift was her Tinkerbell car accessories for her car (floor mats, seat covers, steering wheel cover and a cd holder). Sams favorite gift was her Jenga blocks that she doesn't play games with, but builds houses with. She has a ton of them. Stephs favorite gift was her Ipod. Now she can be like Mike and Sam who got theirs last year. My favorite gift was 2 DVDs that mom had put together from our old 8 millimeter movies from back when I was growing up. I watched them all Christmas Morning! I laughed and I cried and my kids joked about the huge hair my mom used to have, and thy funky 70's clothes we used to wear. Ohe they were awesome videos! We had a wonderful relaxing day. In fact our whole vacation has been quite relaxing. Most the time me and the girls have just lounged around in our cozy bathrobes. But Kurtis on the other hand....because of all the snow we had, he was either pushing snow for the state, or out on wrecks and fires, or clearing the snow from our place when he had a chance.

And Poor little Mikes car out in the snow. She wanted to go put her new Tinkerbell gear inside, but not in weather like this! To bad Mike. For New Years eve we just all stayed here as a family and watched New Years Rockin Eve, and played Apples to Apples. It was yet another relaxing night! But now it is 2010. Wow. How time goes by. I hope this year is filled with lots of happiness and luck. Happy New Year to all!