Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Christmas!

Only a month late...but better than never! We had a great Christmas. On Christmas Eve Eve (so the 23rd!) my sister Stacy and her family came over for a fondue party. YUMMY! The kids loved it. That night the kids slept under the Christmas tree like they do every Christmas Eve Eve. It's a Haymond family tradition. Christmas Eve we did a little house cleaning cause Santa can't come to a dirty house! And then we did out traditional Christmas Eve dinner at Pizza Hut- dine in! This is something we've been doing for the past 3 years or so with Bryan's sister Jen and her family. The sad this is that I don't have pictures of any of those traditions! Next year I'll have to remember to get out the camera! We opened one present on Christmas eve- jammies, left some cookies for Santa, read The Night Before Christmas and the story of Christ's birth, and went to bed.Here are the kiddos waiting to head downstairs to see what goods Santa brought them!
Kate got a kitchen, Tyler got Cars Race-o-rama for the Wii, Ellie got an Our Generation doll, and Anna got a docking station for her iPod.

When all the presents were opened and everyone was happy, we brought out some cards for them to open. Inside was a photo card with a picture of all 4 kids and a little poem that said "You kids are the greatest, you're really number 1. So go pack your bags becasue DISNEYLAND here we come." That was their main gift form us this year. A surprise family trip to Disneyland. They were all really excited. This was our first time going. So stay tuned for a post all about our trip.

3 comments:

Cindy said...

Can't tell for sure but I think Zoe may have gotten the same Christmas pjs as Ellie. Funny!

Arlene said...

That is such an awesome way to surprise them! What a great vacation!!

StacyBug said...

I'm waiting for more posts about "the big D"