The Real "Tis the Season"

You all know that I LOVE Christmas. Usually I go all out with decorations and all, but honestly this year I just wasn't all that into it. We've just been so busy that I haven't had a ton of time to decorate. Oh well, we had a good Christmas anyway! I did, however, get my tree up!

Every year, the 1st graders do a little program and invite the parents to make gingerbread houses with the kids. Preston has gotten to make them with the girls, so he was stoked that it was finally his turn. 

One of my fave traditions is decorating our own stockings. I plan on giving them all of their stockings when they get married. This year, Preston dumped an entire bottle of glitter on his. He said, "Um... lesson learned... you only need just a LITTLE BIT!" hahaha

 Of course, we opened out gifts on Christmas Eve. I think everyone LOVED their presents. I know I loved mine! I got a new iPad! This was the first year, I haven't figured out what I was getting. I was totally convinced that I was getting a KitchenAid. But I LOVE the iPad! Chris got a new gun, but he won't let me post pics!

 After opening our presents, we got snuggled up for bed. It wasn't a smooth night, but oh well... stuff happens I guess. Anyway, After the kids were finally in bed, Santa arrived.
Preston is WAAAAAY into Beyblades, so that's pretty much all he got this year. I think he ended up with 15 new "beys". He's had a blast with each of them.

 Morgan got a new Rip Rider 360. She's had SO much fun with this thing.

 After taking hunters safety, Shelby has been begging for her own gun. She and Chris went hunting for jackrabbits the day after Christmas and had a ball. 

All in all I'd say we had a very good Christmas! Most of all, it was fun to spend the whole weekend together!