Beware - there are a lot of pictures here!
We celebrated on Christmas Eve day with the Niebuhrs. Here are some pictures of the kids from that day.
with Carter, Camden and Callan.
a family picture!
They got lots of fun presents, including huge lego sets, crafts sets for Grace, games and some spy ware and laser tag for the boys!
We stayed at the Niebuhrs until about 3:30 Christmas Eve. We went home, got cleaned up quick and went to 5:30 church at First Lutheran. Brian and I had to play bells, and the kids sang and helped with a processional. We went to my parents house for a soup and sandwich dinner. It was late when we got home, around 9:45. The kids could barely contain how excited they were for Santa. Xander even went out onto the driveway when we got home and was looking for him (I even think he was yelling at one point "Santa! Are you up there?")
So, here are out pictures from Christmas morning. They got lots of Angry birds things, some Wii games, board games, new shoes and Grace was most excited about the scrapbooking things she got from Santa. She wants to learn how to scrapbook and go with me when I go (we did end up going a few days after Christmas. I'll post about that later).
It's too bad the weather is cold. Xander would love to take out the double light saber for a spin in the backyard against all the evil that lurks there!
Christmas morning it's been out tradition to have anyone in the family who wants to over for brunch. We did that again this year. We had most of both sides of our families over for eggs, French toast, and much more. Boy was it good!! The kids played with all the new toys and made a mess. They loved every minute of it!
Then it was off to the Hoefs again for a big evening dinner and presents.
Here they are with Sebastian and Tobias.
And here's the best present of all.....A Nintendo 3DS XL! They were so excited, especially since they got games like Angry Birds, Lego Star Wars and Mario Kart. They have been playing it non-stop since Christmas day. It is definitely a hit, thanks Grandma Pam and Grandpa Mike. Since Christmas, we've done a few fun things, but also had a lot of relaxing time. It's been nice just to lay around and read or watch movies while the kids play or lay around with us. These days will be few and far between when school starts back up on January 7th!! We had a nice Christmas and we hope everyone else did to. Merry Christmas!!!
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