Blessed Time

Hey everybody! I hope this finds you doing well and having had a great Christmas!! We sure did - truly enjoyed all of it... Christmas Eve was especially fun this year and Christmas was a hoot too. Granny and Grampa came over on Christmas Eve in the afternoon and we ate some tasty snacks (Mmmm, spinach dip) and then the boys and I headed to church. We didn't end up staying the whole service though cause it was pretty long and the boys were antsy. Jack kept whispering that he was bored and we sat in a back balcony which was really distracting for me! I was watching all the people down below, the kids all around us, every noise led to me turning my head, I wish I woulda focused more! I suppose that's why we sit in the front rows when we go to church, so we can focus! :) Anywho, the boys and I had fun sitting with Nanny and Papa, and since they needed to scoot early to get to Robby and Craig's for Christmas Eve dinner, we headed out too in anticipation of Erk's meal. We got home and shortly after ate a nice supper. Then we shared many laughs and the kids opened gifts. It was a truly blessed time together.

Yesterday we were up before 6a with the sounds of Miss Mol crying. She's been waking up TOO early lately! So we were all up and came downstairs to see what Santa brought by 6:30a or so. We had a great time with gifts and taking turns - seeing Mol get the hang of what it meant to tear wrapping paper as opposed to eating it, Bean wanted to be in the middle of it all as she usually is - the boys so excited about what was coming next. It was awesome...

After putting together Legos upon Legos for a while, we all got cleaned up and ate some lunch, then headed to Nanny and Papa's. First we stopped at Granny and Grampa's to drop off some of the dishes used the night before that Granny needed for their company. Uncle Tom and Aunt Cathy came up for the holiday and today - so we are headed their way soon actually, to enjoy some time with them.

We got to Nanny and Papa's in time for Molly's nap, me to decorate a pretty neato looking cake (it didn't turn out pretty out of the oven, amazing what frosting and broken pieces of candy cane can do!) and just enjoying some time together. Andy and Kristen got there a bit after 4p and we opened presents. It was chaos at times, but very fun for the kids and all. We then ate a great meal prepared by Nanny and Erk - he loves to help/cook, isn't he funny? We ate up some desserts and eventually the jammies came on and the overstimulated/tired/crazy kids were ready to head home and to bed. We called and got ahold of Auntie Meg finally on our way home so it was nice to plug in with her and wish her a Merry Christmas. She and Tony mailed some really cool gifts for the kids and actually, when we asked Jack his favorite gift of the day? The Speed Racer Legos from Auntie Meg! Cute...

So bedtime came and I was in bed by 9p! Erk sat up watching tv for a bit. Molly was up again by 6:20a this morning and here we are, in the midst of cutting off tags, breaking our fingers trying to pry the 3,289 metal twisty ties off the toys to get them outta the freaking packages. All fun though - fun stuff. Well, the constant nagging and wondering when "my stuff is gonna be opened" is getting a bit old, but it's all good. We hope you and yours enjoyed a wonderful few days with your family too! I hope some of these pictures come up so you can see what ours truly was :)