Christmas morning came way sooner than I imagined. I forgot what it was like to wake up at sunrise and get all excited about opening presents. Surprisingly I was more awake than I thought I would be. We got up, went upstairs, watched the Butler kids open up their present (a PS2!) and then we
pulled out Evelyn's presents and let her open them. I still don't think she quite got what was going on but I think she enjoyed herself. From us she got a Tickle Me Elmo, a tennis racket, and an indoor Elmo pop up tent. I'm most excited about the tennis racket. She's not going to really be able to play for a while but I figure the sooner I get her started the better plus it's a 19" which is the smallest they come in and it should last her until she's at least 6. We didn't bring Preston's presents to Utah with us but we got him a ball that rolls around and lights up, a talking puppy, and a big train set. For Andy,
I organized all of his mission pictures and arranged them in photo albums and I gave him a stocking full of candy. I really enjoy taking pictures. I have a collection of at least 10,000 photos on my computer. So for me, Andy bought a new lens, a flash and a book on photography. I had such a great Christmas! I never thought that it would be so much fun to watch Evelyn open her presents. I also never thought that I would say this but this year I definitely enjoyed giving presents more than receiving.
Not that I didn't enjoy the receiving part, that's always fun. The rest of the day was spent watching the kids enjoy their presents and playing the PS2 with them. One of the highlights of the day was definitely watching everyone play the karaoke PS2 game, in particular, watching Rob and Andy duke it out singing the Brittany Spears song "Hit Me Baby One More Time". That was hilarious! Another highlight of the trip all together was my awesome nephew, Hayden teaching me how to ride his rip board. I kind of started to get it but there's no way I could get as good at it as he is. I haven't
told Andy this but I am seriously contemplating buying one. Of course that's probably going to be a mistake considering my previous experience with a skateboard but oh well, you only live once. To top it all off we had a great meal planned by Anna who by the way was a wonderful host and was awesome to let us all crash at her place for the holidays.
Christmas morning came way sooner than I imagined. I forgot what it was like to wake up at sunrise and get all excited about opening presents. Surprisingly I was more awake than I thought I would be. We got up, went upstairs, watched the Butler kids open up their present (a PS2!) and then we
pulled out Evelyn's presents and let her open them. I still don't think she quite got what was going on but I think she enjoyed herself. From us she got a Tickle Me Elmo, a tennis racket, and an indoor Elmo pop up tent. I'm most excited about the tennis racket. She's not going to really be able to play for a while but I figure the sooner I get her started the better plus it's a 19" which is the smallest they come in and it should last her until she's at least 6. We didn't bring Preston's presents to Utah with us but we got him a ball that rolls around and lights up, a talking puppy, and a big train set. For Andy,
I organized all of his mission pictures and arranged them in photo albums and I gave him a stocking full of candy. I really enjoy taking pictures. I have a collection of at least 10,000 photos on my computer. So for me, Andy bought a new lens, a flash and a book on photography. I had such a great Christmas! I never thought that it would be so much fun to watch Evelyn open her presents. I also never thought that I would say this but this year I definitely enjoyed giving presents more than receiving. 
Not that I didn't enjoy the receiving part, that's always fun. The rest of the day was spent watching the kids enjoy their presents and playing the PS2 with them. One of the highlights of the day was definitely watching everyone play the karaoke PS2 game, in particular, watching Rob and Andy duke it out singing the Brittany Spears song "Hit Me Baby One More Time". That was hilarious! Another highlight of the trip all together was my awesome nephew, Hayden teaching me how to ride his rip board. I kind of started to get it but there's no way I could get as good at it as he is. I haven't 
told Andy this but I am seriously contemplating buying one. Of course that's probably going to be a mistake considering my previous experience with a skateboard but oh well, you only live once. To top it all off we had a great meal planned by Anna who by the way was a wonderful host and was awesome to let us all crash at her place for the holidays.
It looks like you guys had alot of fun! It is exciting to watch Porter open presents.I think next year will be even better. Your kids are really cute! and growing fast.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking that I may have beat the high score on Britney Spears. Just ask Anna.
ReplyDeleteI think Emily got bumped on the high score but she'll have to come out to see who finally beat her...teaser. Hope you got Evie's tennis racket you left here. Hope she wasn't to upset. Thanks for spending Christmas with us.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you guys had FUN! Christmas gets better for me every year too. The older the kids get, the more excited they seem to be.
ReplyDeleteIt was such a great time! So glad we were able to spend it with you guys!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a great Christmas. I have heard that game is very addicting. Glad you all had a wonderful time.
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