Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas in our little snow covered house! We ventured out on Christmas Eve to Greg's parent's house to celebrate with Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle Mike and Aunt Maureen. The kids had so much fun opening presents and the hit of the evening was Eli's remote controlled hummer! Addison ran around after it squealing with joy! The snow kept flying all through the evening as we went to an open house at Greg's Aunt and Uncle's house. We were able to see lots of cousins and extended family that we only see a few times a year. We even managed to get an x-large group picture of everyone!

Here is a shot of our first artificial tree. I never thought I 'd cave to the pressure but this year it just made sense. We got an extra compact one to fit our tiny house. It works quite nicely!All of the stockings were hung by the shutters with care since we don't have a toasty fireplace to call our own. And oh how we wish we had one with all this cold snow!Eli on Christmas morning after he opened his "big" present. This was a last minute Christmas Eve purchase after he told us this was what he was hoping for. Yes, we are spoilers!The kids with the ultra cool vintage kitchen Papa and Nama gave them. Greg didn't get the doors on yet but they had fun anyway! We got them way to much stuff to go with their kitchen...it will forever be scattered around the house!Addison playing with her kitchen later in the day.This was not on Christmas but the other day. They were on the table taking turns licking the gingerbread house! The little cutie posing in some new Christmas duds.Grandma Mary and Eli being silly late Christmas night.

Christmas day we stayed home, thankful we didn't have to drive anywhere in the snowy weather. The kids unwrapped what seemed like a load of presents but had so much fun doing it. Traditionally we get to see my folks Christmas day but since the weather has been so bad, they stayed home. We sure missed having them and their presents are still sitting under our tree waiting.
Greg's parents came for dinner and I attempted a Prime Rib for the first time. My Mom always handles the food and does so superbly so when they decided they weren't coming, I had to manage dinner on my own! It was fun and pretty much a success although I was a little worried the Prime Rib wasn't done enough.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Mom and Dad, hope you enjoyed the peek at what you missed. We hope to see you soon!