Christmas

The American Girl doll beds from the Pool family (and a little from us) were a big hit -- even with Sam. I hope they're sturdy because I have a feeling this won't be the last time he does this.

The only thing Emilie had asked Santa for was a digitial camera. The first present she opened Christmas morning was a clock that looked very much like it could've been a digital camera. This was the look on her face as she was realizing this wasn't "just what I'd asked Santa for!". P.S. She didn't get the digital camera, but I haven't heard her mention it since!

Christmas Eve started out for us at Grandma and Grandpa Brunton's (Jay's parents) house then moved on to Mom and Dad's church for their Christmas Eve service (the girls sang in the program) and ended up at Mom and Dad's for dinner (I'm only calling it that because we ate so late). (Wow. That's a lot of ( )( )( ).) Mom and Dad had invited their pastor's family over so the kids even had some stand-in cousins! :) Christmas morning we opened gifts at our house and then took some time to play with some of the new toys before heading over to Brad's parents' where we pretty much spent the rest of the day relaxing and enjoying family and our gifts.