ChRisTmaS mOrNinG

The boys let us sleep in until 7:30. Actually, I woke up at 7:00 so excited & wishing they would hurry up & wake up:) Christmas morning is the only morning that I ever wish this!

Checking out what Santa brought.

Santa gave each of the boys a magna-doodle with a note written on it!

This was the year of the tools for Brandon! He got this kit & a multi-max tool. Hmmmm... I see home improvement projects in the near future!

And Santa did not forget me, either! I must have been extreeeeeemly good to get this present. And he even gave it to me early, so I could take pictures with it on Christmas Eve:) It's a Nikon D7000 SLR camera! I have a lot to learn about it & how to use it, but I am so excited to learn!

I've never seen a kid so excited about undies! But they aren't just any old undies, they are Ninjago undies!

Porter scored with Batman undies AND slippers!

And we can't forget the stockings!

That is one scary Hulk!

Some of the Uncles doing what they do best...

After we explored all of Santa's treasures, we had our yummy traditional breakfast of sticky buns & hot chocolate. Grandpa & Brody even had a few minutes to snuggle in bed:) Then we got to work on the massive pile of presents under the tree!

Grandma knew just what to get Porter!

My mom loved the picture I made for her:)

I got Porter a subscription to the Magic School Bus Science Club. He will get a package in the mail every month with fun science experiments to do! I can't wait for school to start again:)

Hudson got a membership for the whole family to the brand new Portland Aquarium! Perfect for lots of field trips!

Brandon (my brother) made this box for my dad. What talent!

Since Porter was living with Grandma & Grandpa for the last little while, he was designated the present wrapper. My mom said she did not wrap a single present! After Porter wrapped all the presents my mom needed wrapped, he started finding things to wrap... a bag of chocolate chips, a couch pillow, a box of candy canes...  it was a surprise to all of us what was under that tree:) Porter made & wrapped a special present for Lady, my mom's dog.

He made a house for her out of a card board box with a pillow in it. Then used an entire roll of wrapping paper to wrap it! Too cute!

Grandma LOVED the gift that my boys got for her:)

More Batman:)

My dad sure did like the picture tile I made of his grandkids!

A girl can't have too much jewelry. Just sayin'.

And more books! Lucky kids have a mom AND a grandma for a teacher:)

Batman Legos (I'm seeing a theme here!)

Thank you Grandma Hoopes for these cute outfits!

We had such a great Christmas. This has been one of my favorite! My kids are at such fun ages! I feel so very blessed for all that we have. The gifts are such a fun part of Christmas, but what I love the most is teaching my kids about the birth of our Savior and the reason why we celebrate Christmas!