Hope You All Had a Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve was a great night filled with lots of family, food and presents. As usual the kids try to get us all to finish dinner quickly in order to open gifts. I remember that as a child, it always seemed like the adults took forever to eat! So we had a wonderful meal and then opened gifts and Santa even popped in for a visit! I wish I had gotten some pictures of Santa but it is total chaos when he comes in. Nia was screaming, Alex was running away, Grant was unsure of what to do and the older cousins just looked at Santa trying to figure it all out. It is fun to watch how all of them react. Then of course after he left they all ran to the window to see if they could get a glimpse of Rudolph or the sleigh. No such luck as Santa is very quick. Another funny memory I have of Christmas Eve was when Santa came to our house and when he left I ran to look out the window and saw Santa drive away in a brown truck. I still remember exactly what that truck looked like. I was like "what in the world? why is santa in a truck? shouldn't he be in his sleigh?" Ha! Ha! My older brother and sister assured me Santa just used the truck for his visits to all the children.