The quiet before the storm...
A wise man once said, "In all living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured." We have weathered storms that tried to break us, but through it all, we have always tried to find the joy in our journey. Watching our family grow has given us more joy than we ever thought possible. There is joy in the journey, even in the middle of the storms!
I never knew how much love a heart could hold, until they called me mom
Monday, December 27, 2010
Early Christmas morning..
Gone are the days when I let them get up at 2am... I have learned to stand my ground and told them not before 5am! So at 4:45am I didn't feel too bad about letting them get up. They were very excited for the day to begin and I am mostly a push over so we got up and had family prayer with talk of how grateful we are for all of the wonderful things that we have been blessed with this year. And then the chaos begins which happens to be kind of fun to watch them go to it! We tried to have some organization but like years gone by, organization just doesn't work for us so we had everyone just open and we watch and take pictures and let them have their fun. And it WAS fun....
The quiet before the storm...
This is the best part of the whole morning, the silence before everyone goes crazy

Excited for presents... especially anything that has to do with Cars for Nate!
Bummy wanted lots of Spy Wear... and he got a lot of spy wear!
By far, the biggest hit of the day... Kailee's pink gun!!!
Loving the morning....
Caitlyn checking out her new camera and Kassi checking out her new Flip camcorder...
Boots... yay!
Handing out presents.....
Kami with her Hello Kitty alarm clock... no more excuses for sleeping in!
Gabe fell in love with Nate's cozy coupe car so Santa brought him one to play with too... though he still wants Nate's car, but that's okay, at least there are 2 of them now!
Willie was SO excited to get a Jazz jersey! Oh YAY!
Jace was able to surprise Caitlyn with almost all of her presents. He's such a sneaky boy!

Nate showing Kailee his gifts....
Making mom open some gifts also! I think if we are going to do this we must have time to shower and do ou r hair!
Wyatt found an open spae in the kitchen!!!
The quiet before the storm...
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