Christmas Morning

Keith and I were up so late on Christmas Eve night putting things together.  I think we both got in bed around 2 AM.  This is how it looked when we went to bed.  

I love Christmas morning just as much as I did when I was a kid, probably more.  I get so excited that I can't sleep on Christmas Eve.  I love the excitement!  I love shopping and I love picking out gifts for other people, especially my kids.  I was so excited for all of the things we found that I knew they would love, but they didn't even think to ask for. 

I love the excited faces and the squeals of excitement. 

I love the glow of the Christmas tree and the sound of Christmas music in the background.

I love how giving gifts to each other reminds us of our Savior who gave us the ultimate gift by atoning for our sufferings and sins and then laying down his own life so that we can return to live with our Heavenly Father.  

Every year I start shopping too early and I end up buying too much, buy hey, it's only once a year.

We got Caitlyn and Jonah the new Amazon Fire (tablets) and they were shocked!  I don't know how much they thought they cost, but they both couldn't believe that they got their own tablets.

Jonah's reaction was priceless.  He said, "No mom, no, I can't take this, it is way too much."  I would have bought him a million presents in that moment!  I loved that reaction, what a sweet boy.

The other big family present this year was a basketball hoop.  I bought this on clearance last year for $20!  It is crazy big and took forever to put together, but it will be a lot of fun for the kids.  

The kids loved every present they opened.

This year they each asked Santa for one thing and gave us a couple ideas, but I pretty much just picked out what I thought they would like or what I wanted them to have!

I have a lot of pictures of Caitlyn and Wyatt because they will always stop and pose for pictures.  Jonah and Hallee are moving so fast and have no interest in stopping for pictures.  It is funny how similar Cait and Wyatt are and how similar Jonah and Hallee are.