Merry Christmas!

(Brooklen, Caitlen & Austen)
I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, we had a wonderful 1st Christmas with our babies!! It was quite busy! First, my dad made it to Iowa on Friday night, Dec. 22nd- he drove from California & was stuck in Wyoming for an extra night.... you know all the snow that Denver got closed all the roads. I still cannot believe Colorado has gotten sooo much snow & we got none- it's just not fair! I was really hoping for some snow for Christmas- it just helps get everyone in the holiday spirit!! Anyway, my dad stayed the night with us on Friday & then Saturday morning after breakfast we headed to Cedar Rapids. Saturday, Dec. 23rd, we had Christmas at Nanna Sharon's. We had a delicious ham lunch & then it was present time! Present time at Nanna's goes by fast!! The trips got lots of wonderful toys, Thank you everyone!! Then on Sunday, Christmas Eve, we had Christmas at my mom's- Grandma K's. Everyone arrived around noonish- we had soup & sandwiches and stretched out the gift opening as long as we could... we used to have marathon gift opening, I think the longest was 8 hours or something crazy like that. We always take turns opening up gifts & we used to have 3 or 4 intermissions for dinner & munchies. We always liked going slow, seeing what everyone gets & just stretching it out because once it's over.... it's over for a year!! I don't know why, but that is just how we have always done it. Anyway, it's getting harder and harder to go slow with all the kids & they are just so anxious- it's great!! We still take turns, we just don't have the intermissions anymore. Again, the trips got wonderful presents- Thank you everyone!! Here is a picture of our bunch!!