Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Christmas morning FINALLY arrived and the look on Brayden's face was my best Christmas present! Normally, the kids open stockings first, but Brayden couldn't wait to see if Santa had read the directions he had left for him.

Stocking time

Brooklyn is our little artist, and she was thrilled with the BIG present Santa got her. She uses it almost daily. It folds up into a nice compact art set. The stickers were promptly put to use decorating her dresser and doors- nice, right?

A few weeks before Christmas, we were at Best Buy and they had the game, Just Dance, on the demo thing. She had so much fun with it, that she got it for Christmas. Little did we know that mom and dad would play it more than her. Her favorite is the "Monster Mash" dance.

Surprise, Surprise... Billy's gifts were nearly all sports related. BSU stuff, mini hoop (he wanted to hang it up in our bedroom, but I had to put my foot down on that one. Really? He thought it would be perfect since the ceilings are vaulted. Luckily it is going in his work office...or the garage. I really don't remember. I'm just glad its not part of my home decor.

Billy spoiled me with a craft cutter (which I didn't even know I wanted until I started using it). I also got a few other fun things, including 4 reading lights. He is such a bargain shopper online, so he scored those on the cheap- it totally made me laugh.

Then we had to play/unpackage the gifts. Still can't figure out why toymakers make everything so difficult to get out of the packaging! Have you noticed anything missing yet?

Yes, we still have our third child, and no we didn't forget about him! He was still asleep, and knowing that we had a big day ahead, we let him sleep. I think he enjoyed it because he got to rip right though the presents and didn't have to wait his turn. He loved his Thomas train- it even has one of his favorite things: "badwee" (batteries)

I made him and my niece and nephew Boise State themed ABC books.

Then there was Lego building until mid afternoon. Billy counted up how many pieces they put together with all of the sets, but I can only remember that it was ALOT!