Christmas Day

The boys slept in till 9 Christmas morning. In fact we ended up getting them out of bed. They ran right downstairs to check the plate of cookies they had left for Santa. He had eaten all the cookies and left them a very nice thank you note. And they jumped right in to the gifts.

It was just a small pile from Santa (and from Mommy and Daddy)

Luke's "big" present was his first remote control car. It was a little disappointing at first, the batteries didn't work right but once we got a new set it ran great.

And Ben's "big" gift was of all things a baby. He plays with every baby doll he finds so we figured he could use one of his own since we don't have any at our house.

After a great day of relaxing and watching movies the rest of the family came over for the Grandma and Grandpa portion of our holiday. The kids tried to wait patiently...

Unfortunately Ben got tired of waiting for all his cousins' turns opening presents and decided to protest by laying face down in the middle of the living room floor whenever he wasn't opening a present.

Don't worry, he had PLENTY to open...

Sally made sure to get a picture of one half of the presents we all opened that night.

The most popular toy that evening was the toy Ben got from Uncle Jeff and Aunt Sally. It's amazing how the classics never get old.

Both of the boys are still completely enthralled by the jack in the box. In true Elf fashion it brings shock and giggles.

It was a wonderful night to spend with the family after their busy day. Luke and Ben love seeing their cousins and Aunts and Uncles.