christmas part two.

After playing in the snow for a bit we came inside and opened presents. What a fun Christmas to have presents and snow! 

The kids quickly found their Santa presents and opened those first. Carter got the full Harry Potter movie collection! Lucy got her Sleeping Beauty Barbie and Simon's life is now complete with his Russell Wilson helmet.

Lucy's big gift this year was a new bike. We decided not to put it together first because...time/energy/effort/storage and it was fun to have a big box to unwrap. She's been using Carter's hand me down bike for a while and it was just too small. So, a new big bike all for herself! 

Simon's gift pile....ALL sports!!!

Between a new hockey stick, football helmet, football, baseball pitching machine, bat/ball and all sports books I think he's set for a while. 

After breakfast we said goodbye to my parents and drove down to see Matt's family. Another beautiful tree, more Christmas cookies and lots of gifts to unwrap!

 Such generous gift givers this year!

 Lucy got a big of a sugar high from so many cookies. Add in new My Little Ponies, Barbies and unicorns and she was one happy girl.

 Finally we ate dinner, put the kids to bed early (everyone was ready for bedtime!) and relaxed on the couch. Whew....it was a wonderful day but we were exhausted! One of our favorite Christmas's ever!