Santa Clause Has Come to Town

Blaine woke up Christmas morning yelling. After going to Diddy's room with no response, he came to get the parentals. I told him to let us get some socks and warm clothing on and we'd be right there. He just kept yelling, "Santa came. Hurry! Santa came!" I said, "Go get your sister." He said, "I already did. She won't come!" Ah, that girl is a morning sunshine. Because she wouldn't get up, he ran in and said, "Santa brought you your twins. There! Now GET UP!!" With some hesitation, she did.

After checking out Santa's loot
, they moved on to presents from Mom and Dad
and stockings.
See what was in mine?!Santa left me diamonds! He even left something for the furry family!
Remington
Bisbee
and Chester
Thanks, Santa!

Christmas Eve Gift

Christmas Eve we continued our annual tradition of letting the kids open presents from each other, and we open our gifts from the kids. Then we headed off to Joey's cousin's (Angel and Carrie) house for a Christmas Eve get-together before heading for home to wait for Santa.

On the 12th Day of Christmas...

...my true love gave to me12 red roses.

On Christmas Eve, it was the 12th and last gift for the kids to drop of at Terry's. Blaine's favorite part of the whole deal, knock-knock-ditching, had come to an end. (The side story to that is in the beginning, he said, "It is SO cool that we get to knock-knock-ditch for TWELVE days!!) Instead of running away, the 12th day, the kids stayedto reveal themselves.

On the 10th day as we dropped off the gift, there was one already on the porch. The kids came running back to tell us. THey were CONVINCED it was for them. I told them unless there was a card with it, they needed to leave it. It was on a stool, and they argued with me, saying it was on a stool and it had to be for them. Turns out, they were right.

When we went in, all of our presents were lined upin Terry's bay window. She said the kids, the parents, and her boys were always so excited to see what she got. She also said she figured out who we were the SECOND night!! I said, Did Kylee's handwriting give you away? She said she actually didn't know the handwriting. She said she just knew it was Kylee and Blaine and that we were the only people she knew who would do something like that.
We had SUCH a good time doing it, and I think she enjoyed it, too. The kids already have next year all planned out!

On the 11th day of Christmas...

...my true love gave to me11 flavored coffees.

Our Card

This is the actual Christmas card that was sent out in the mail. You know, the one I didn't vote for.

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