Merry Christmas!!

We enjoyed a wonderful day yesterday! The kids got exactly what they wanted from Santa. Bren asked for a mountain bike. She had completely outgrown her bike, which was the first bike she ever got...she was probably 4! She also wanted the Bitty Twins with blond hair and blue eyes, who look a lot like the other blond twins we know, so she most appropriately named them Nicklaus and Natalie! Her third gift from Santa was a blue iPod. She received an iTunes gift card in her stocking, so she ran to the computer to download some of her favorites, which included Taylor Swift and a couple of Sponge Bob Square Pants episodes.

Braden asked for an iPod touch which he loves! He also spent his gift card from Santa quite quickly. He also got a new electric razor, and some Diesel cologne and XBox sleep pants.

Blake didn't want much this year, which makes it very hard for Santa. He asked to get a subscription/membership to Gamefly.com so he can rent games to try them out before he buys them. That can quickly become a very expensive present at $22.95 a month. He also wanted a Disney piano book, the Dark Knight DVD, and the Prince of Persia game for the xbox. He also got some cologne and sleep pants.

Mimi and Papa stayed for Christmas morning which we always love. We opened presents with them on Christmas Eve, and then opened our new Christmas Eve pajamas and books, which is our family tradition. We then headed to Fellowship for the Christmas Eve service, and then surprised the kids with dinner at IHop afterwards. They love IHop!!

Today, we've enjoyed a relaxing day, except for the fact that the big computer isn't working. Rather than take it to Best Buy, Darryl is trying to fix it himself. It's been 12 hours, and so far, that's not been a great decision. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for him.

As soon as the computer is fixed, I'll post some pictures of our Christmas celebration!