Christmas 2018

Christmas was new and exciting this year as were celebrated for the first time in our new house and with a new baby.  The kids were SO excited this year you could feel the anticipation oozing out of them.  There were lots of notes written to Santa and countdowns being done in our house until the big day.  Once Christmas Eve finally hit, they started counting down the hours and went to bed quickly that night in preparation for the next day.  

We went to the children's service for Christmas Eve and then headed over to the Wolfer's house for dinner and to open gifts with the Holick side.  The kids always have so much fun with one another and I love that they can be together on Christmas Eve to share their excitement with one another.

Nolan is an earlier riser than the rest of us and is getting trickier in his old age so I had to rope off the stairs in order to keep him away from all of the gifts before everyone else.

Christmas Eve sleep over.

Someday she will join in too.

So happy for new nuks.

Nolan wanted Pokemon cards, Nerf guns, and a Rubrix cube.

Quinn asked for LOL dolls, slime, and squishies.

Happiest boy in the world.

We got Nolan and Quinn their own tablets.  They are a big hit and luckily they have parental controls that automatically shut them down after a period of time so they aren't on them all day long.

It was a great Christmas morning.  The kids had a lot of fun opening their gifts and pausing to play here and there.  We had cinnamon rolls and eggs and took our time lounging before the Taylors showed up late afternoon for round two.  My dad, Mary, Mackenzie, Darby and Bill came over for more gifts, dinner and games.  It was fun to have everyone at our new house to celebrate and spend time with one another.  At the end of it all, we all forgot to take one single picture.  Next year!