Christmas Day

Merry Christmas!!!!

Christmas morning the kids opened their stockings and then Amy's family opened up their presents from under the tree. Our family played a game of Disney Scene It upstairs (at my insistance, not their's!) and then Tony and the kids went out on the 4-wheeler and rode down by the dam and across the river. We had a beautiful white Chrismas with sunshine today. It was a perfect winter day!

We went out to my mom and dad's (30 minutes away) for our traditional Christmas breakfast of eggs, bacon, fried potatoes, cinnamon rolls, and fruit. After breakfast it was 12:30 already! We all went down to see my grandma at her assisted-living location and visited with her for an hour and a half or so. It was good to see her. She passed out Christmas cards to the great grand-kids with five $1 bills in them. They were excited about that. We sang Christmas carols for her and got a little rowdy by the end. I think the rest of the residents were ready for the 11 of us to go! ha! Noise and chaos have never bother my grandma though so she enjoyed it.

Finally it was time for the grandkids to open up their presents at G&G's house (or 6&6 as Madison calls them because G'ma's written G's... look like 6'es...). Madison's favorite gift was this flower (see lower left corner picture) that she can hook her ipod up to and it dances with the beat. Quinn's favorite gifts were the inflatable Iowa goal post from Amy & Jeff and the Deal or No Deal game from G&G. I ended up forgetting Uncle Doug's and Aunt Jen's gifts under our tree at home so they have those to look forward to yet.

We stayed at my parent's house until 8:30-9 I think and then drove back to Amy & Jeff's. It was a really nice Christmas. We played phone tag with a few of you, missed some of you by just a few minutes, but thought about each one of our precious family members today. The only way this day could have been better was to have seen and hugged each one of you today. So... special greetings to our immediate families... those of you in Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Kansas, and Arizona that we didn't get to see today, we hope you had a very Merry Christmas and will pray for special blessings for you through the New Year!

Joy to the World!
Leah