Christmas!

We had such a great Christmas! We spent Christmas Eve at Jonathan's parents and had fun baking, playing basketball, watching football games, and just getting ready for Santa.
The kids getting ready to open their first present of Christmas- Pajamas of course! Lydia, in her new pajamas, put on a show for everyone Christmas Eve night. She did some dances and sang songs- she is quite the performer. Abigale stood on the sideline and helped when Lydia forgot a step or note.Ryan is use to watching his sisters perform. I think Aaron was singing along!After Lydia's performance, we all sang Christmas songs and read the Christmas Story from the scriptures and then watched Elf- favorite Christmas movie!The girls wanted to write thank you notes for Santa to go with his cookies. I love how you can just see the excitement in their faces!Before bed, Grandma and Grandpa read Lydia a Christmas book- it was so sweet!Presents from Santa. Abigale's on the left and Ryans on the floor.The beautiful tree:Jonathan's dad is an amazing painter and the night before Christmas Eve, Abigale asked him if she could paint a picture of baby Jesus. Apparently, he drew the picture but she did most of the painting. I was very impressed and am excited to have the paintings for Christmas every year!They also painted this one!Christmas morning! The girls woke up so excited around 7:00 but unfortunately, Ryan did not sleep much all night and the girls had to wait upstairs for everyone to wake up. It was torture trying to distract them and keep them from running down. Finally, they were released and it was worth the wait!I love this age because it doesnt matter what they get, they are so excited!Lydia got the pink rose she asked for from Santa (thank you dollar section of Target)Aaron got all the guys these awesome shirts- I love Jonathans!Two of Jonathan's presents- gift card to his favorite donut shop and ear plugs (yes, they have been used when a certain baby is crying and he needs sleep!)Abigale made us this plate in preschool and she was so excited for us to open it since the moment she brought it home and put it under the tree. Such a sweet girl!Aunt Laurie gave this to Lydia and it was a hit! Pretty sure she wears it everyday!Even Ryan got some presents!A rocking horse!After opening everything and eating sticky buns and waffles (Yum!) the girls got a few toys out but we decided to head home after lunch so that they could really get everything out without having to re-box it all.All the presents ready to take home.That night we had so much fun as a family. We played our new wii dance games and broke out the new zumba workout. It was awesome! Christmas just gets better and better every year!