It's Christmas!

Christmas day was wonderful because we got to spend it with everyone and I mean everyone. Our first stop was at Aunt Megan's house where Santa Clause left lots of goodies for the boys. Braden got just what he was asking for, a Fishing Pole, and Carter got building blocks! They were both so excited and Braden was just ecstatic that Santa had eaten the cookies and milk left out for him.

One of the best parts of the morning was making Gary do this...(Cry)...

...because we gave him this...

I'm pretty sure this is the first time I have ever seen Gary cry. It was such a treat that he and my mom were so excited about their gift from us kids.

After the excitement of Santa and eating breakfast we headed to the Henries for some more Christmas fun. We all waited patiently for everyone to arrive and then all headed downstairs. There was wrapping paper and boxes everywhere!

Carter knew just where he wanted to be.

Braden and Grampa

Lastly we headed to my dad's house. They were so wonderful to spend their day driving up from St. George to be with us on Christmas day. They even somehow managed to make our BIG traditional Christmas feast which is always something I look forward to. This year we decided as a family to simplify but Heidi and my Dad didn't listen very well. Just like everyone else they completely spoiled us!

Before we opened any of our presents though we made them open the present from us kids. Each of us kids gave them a small item that gave hints of what the real present was. I just love how confused Heidi was!

But once they opened up their "date book" it all made sense. (We put together a scrapbook with dates that each of the 8 kids planned for them. The book contained instructions of what to do on their dates and had pages to write their thoughts about the dates as well as places to put pictures of them on their dates.) It turned out so cool.

We truly were so blessed and completely spoiled by everyone! It was so wonderful to be able to spend the day with all the ones we love . Thank you all for making our Christmas one of the best ever!