Merry Christmas to all!!!

What a beautiful day. We don't often get White Christmas' around here. We all normally long for it, but to no avail. This year however, we have at least a foot of snow on the ground, and it was snowing ALL DAY. It was so gorgeous!

We got up in the morning...and I had made an egg casserole, and Kevin made his traditional cinnamon rolls, both the night before...we threw those in the oven while the kids ripped through their stockings...

Then we ate...which Kevin and I LOVE...but for the kids...it is the LONGEST BREAKFAST EVER!!!! :) Patience is a virtue, right?

Then on to presents.

(lovin' the shoes...over the jammies)

It has been nice because for the last couple of years, Christmas has been all ours. We do the big extended family dinner on Christmas Eve...but now, on Christmas, we do our thing...go say some Merry Christmas'/thank you's, if we so choose, (this year, there was so much snow we couldn't have) and then we have dinner in the crock pot at home. A big ole' ham! It is really nice. It gives us a chance to ~ just enjoy ~ and the kids a chance to play like crazy!

And that they did.

Santa even remembered the dog...and she played and played.

Christmas is just in the air...
This was a great year. Karman has relaxed about it all...she doesn't get so insane about everything like she used to I mean she still gets that look of wonder in her eyes, but it isn't the same...so it takes some of the fun out...but finally, Tyler is at the age where he truly GETS it....and LOVES it. He believes in EVERY aspect of Santa Claus (which only last a couple of years, really) and he just has that magic in his eyes!! He was so excited! Yet, through all of the excitement, he was so thankful for every single little thing. Makylie, still doesn't really understand...but she did sit on Santas lap...and remembered ALL season what she braved herself up to ask for. This morning, she really played off of Ty's excitement.

It was an amazing day.

Full of love....family.....and of course, new toys.

Merry, Merry Christmas...

from our HOUSE FULL OF BEANS!