Merry Christmas

We hope that everyone had an amazing Christmas! We had a great Christmas spent with our families!!

On Christmas Eve we headed to Granny and Papa Dan's. The theme Christmas continued and this year our theme was Polynesia. There were great decorations, music, games, and of course great food. We all had a wonderful time getting to talk and be together and the kids had so much fun playing. Granny read them stories and they took a trip on the plane and had their passports stamped for the second year. Of course there were also lots of presents and the kids were in heaven. Payton is not so sure yet of opening gifts and was a little overwhelmed, but Riley had no troubles! After this celebration, it was time to head home to get ready for bed and SANTA.....

Christmas morning Riley let us sleep until 7:30, but that was all the break that we got. We then woke Payton up, which was not the best for her present opening mood, and were on our way downstairs to see what Santa had left. Riley wasted no time checking out what was down there and then the opening began. Diesel quickly settled onto his present...a new bed....as well. Riley was in heaven and Payton was not too into it. Riley was very excited to get all the things on her list and a few surprises. I think she also liked that she was able to open most of Payton's presents too. After a quick clean up and breakfast, it was time for church and to get ready for our company.

In the afternoon, Grammy, Papa, Nana, Papa T, Auntie Bika, and her boyfriend Jay came over to celebrate with us. Mom had planned on making homemade ravioli over thanksgiving weekend before Payton changed those plans, so her and dad graciously made them for us all to enjoy on Christmas. We ate SO much good food (thanks mom and dad!) and again enjoyed being with family. After we ate, Riley was eager to rip into more presents and this time Payton got more involved in the process. After presents, we watched a little "Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas" that was shared from Uncle Rob. (Riley has found a new found love of the muppets since seeing the movie with Bika and Jay, and also got many new muppet movies for Christmas.) We had a fabulous time just having a relaxing Christmas with our family.

We hope that everyone had a fabulous holiday too. It was so nice to be able to spend time with our loved ones and really enjoy each other!