Merry Christmas!

We had yet another wonderful Christmas this year. It is all so magical when you have little kids in the house. We are also fortunate enough to have lots of family close by so we do a nice celebration with everyone.


On Christmas eve, we had a great time with the McDowell side. We had yummy dinner and dessert and opened gifts together.

Then, the kids helped make cookies for Santa:

While we were waiting for the cookies to bake, we checked the naughty/nice list and the Santa tracker. The kids were all on the nice list!

Finally, the girls poured a glass of milk for Santa and then it was off to bed!

Of course, Santa came and he delivered a LOT of presents:

In the morning, we were so impressed with the kids--even though Emily was up early (as usual--4:45 is not unheard of with her on Christmas or Easter), she lay quietly on the couch and waited for Mommy and Daddy to get up. Bailey slept until 7:15 and Liam slept until 7:30! We had a blast opening tons of gifts and seeing everyone's reactions.

Will had a crazy idea to go down to Disney for a while, so we hopped in the car and headed for EPCOT. When we got there, Magic Kingdom was closed because it was at capacity, and the EPCOT parking lot was the fullest I have ever seen it. We brought along the Hidden Mickeys book that Aunt Theresa and Uncle Matthew gave us, and we did a little hunting--but it was so crowded that we really couldn't get into it. We left after a short time, but I got a cute picture of the kids while we were there.

Later that evening, we headed over to Mimi and Grandpa's house to have Christmas with the Bloms. It was really fun. I can't believe how many gifts the kids got this year!!