
We had a Merry Christmas...the girls "slept in" until 7:15, we opened presents and then went to church. The girls looked beautiful in their new dresses from Meema. I looked beautiful in my new boots from Shane. ;-) We spent the afternoon playing games and calling family far away. Then our family not so far away (Teresa & crew) came over for Christmas Dinner & to exchange gifts. The kids had fun playing together--especially with TJ's new race track.
This year the girls' "BIG" gift is a trip to DISNEY WORLD. :-D We aren't going until Spring Break so we gave them a count-down calendar and lots of small Disney-related gifts (mostly from the dollar store LOL). Meema & Pap gave them spending money for Disney, and Aunt Teresa gave them T-shirts and hoodies to wear plus a whole bunch of Disney Princess stuff. Other gifts included craft stuff from Aunt GinGin, kids cookwear from Aunt GoGo & fam, gift cards from Gammie & Babu, books from Greema & PopPop, and Abby's most exciting gift: a Hello Kitty Toothbrush from Santa. (Who knew a toothbrush could cause such glee?)
Shane got a temple bag, socks, a picture of the girls, and a new tractor. He's so lucky. Teresa & kids even gave him a Florida hat. ;o) Shane & the girls got me some new clothes (most of which are too big so we'll be exchanging...I've never had the problem of clothes being too big...it's kinda nice :) ). They also got me some nice brown boots, and Kaydee gave me a necklace and decorative plate. My very best friend Peaches (aka Teresa) gave me the Simon Dewey calendar I wanted, a notebook, pens and sticky notes (eek!), Aveeno lotion, Mike & Ikes, sweat pants (that we each picked out for each other at Walmart LOL), and BOOTS! (Look for a picture in the media gallery...they're on my feet cuz I refuse to take them off!) Gammie sent us cheesecake, Dorothee sent me a Christmas CD of music we listened to as kids....I know I'm forgetting stuff but it's almost 1am and things start to get fuzzy around 12:45. ;-)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! (I'm gonna pretend the clock still says 11:59) Make sure you check out all the pictures!!