Christmas...

At last it was time to celebrate Christmas, Pyper style. It was a blast! On 'Christmas Eve' we did the Nativity Story. Grandma read/spoke about it and the kids put all of their pieces in the stable. We were going to act out a live Nativity, but somehow that fell through.

Then that night after the kids were in bed, Santa's elves went to work helping Santa wrap the last few remaining items and getting all of the stockings filled before the big day. The new room was temporarily turned into the North Pole! :) It was fun just being with the adults, hanging out and enjoying time together!

After we were finished, we were pretty proud of ourselves:

The next morning the kids were delighted to see that Santa had infact come to Grandmas house!

Taylor eating her chapstick from her stocking...

Beautiful Elia with her new headband:

Kira with her new hat:

For some reason, Taylor was afraid of Uncle Jeremy. She really liked him when he had treats to give her, but other than that she wanted nothing to do with him.

Luckily he has three girls of his own who love him! :)

And Ben with his little man...

After the stockings, was present opening time.

Elijah eating his new shoes:

Kaiya LOVING her new pillow. All this girl asked for for Christmas was a pillow and candy canes. Funny, huh! :) She had a great Christmas! :)

And here she is in her new bling:

Elijah attacking his new elephant. It was so funny to watch him wrestle that thing! :)

Rock Star Josh and his new electric guitar!

Another big hit was Tuckers remote control airplane...

Even the big kids got in on that action!

Still a favorite of the week was playing with the DS...

All the girls singing and dancing to the 12 days of Christmas...

Of course, Christmas Carols were played by grandma and sung by all of us. Taylor was grandma's big helper on the piano...

And Joshy again with his guitar. When he is a famous rock star one day, I will have this picture to brag about! :)