After that we opened gifts. The kids received from really nice things from Santa. Nothing extravagant, though. The kids were really blessed with all the nice things they received and were thankful. Marc and I hadn't talked about doing gifts for each other becasue we were still catching up on his 7 months of unemployment, but he managed to surprise me with a wonderful set of fleur de lis statues, and a nice fleur de lis box. I loved it!
After we opened presents, we went to IHOP for breakfast. It was great. Mainly becasue I didn't have to cook. After that, we were feeling quite full and sleepy, so we went home for naps. We woke up to eat a late lunch/early dinner with our friends the Mattoon family. It was awesome! Her dad can really cook. They are itallian, so we had a real itallian christmas dinner. Marc said he wanted to eat there every year! His favorite food is Itallian..so he really stuffed himself.
After that, we were so exhausted, that we left their house around 6pm. We had promised the kids we would go see a movie, but they were so tired, they just wanted to go home. We snuggled up and watched a movie together,and were all asleep by 8:30. That's how tired were. Christmas was wonderful. We were very blessed to spend it together and with friends.
Our Christmas tree was filled with wonderful home made ornaments from the kids
and of course Roley had to get in the action. It was our first Christmas with her.
All Joshua wanted from Santa was this spider man and doc oct toy.
Morgan had asked for an E-Pet for Christmas. She really enjoys this toy.
