Santa Came

At 6 am sharp, the kids started banging on their door letting us know that they were awake & that they wanted to go downstairs to see if Santa came.  They were SO excited.

They were great kids this year so of course Santa came with fun new things for each of them.

Cadence received a Hermione wand & time turner necklace.

Lorien got a fun Karaoke machine with Frozen songs.

Taya got what she wanted more than anything this year:
a Mufasa stuffed toy!!!
Santa must have searched high & low for this thing.  After all,
The Lion King came out 20 years ago!

Santa brought Bladen a transformers costume,
sword, & talking mask.

Craiger FINALLY got that new blue bike he has been
needing forever.

And Canyon got a fun ball pit to play in.

The kids were SO excited about all their new toys.  They were so thankful Santa remembered them this year.

I love reactions when they first see what they got.

Cadence was SO excited about the wand &
time turner necklace!!  Look at that face!

Christmas Eve Jammies

Everybody loves Christmas Eve.  Trek had to work, but I had a blast with the kiddos baking cookies, playing games, & watching Christmas movies all day until Daddy came home.  The girls & I made Christmas Eve dinner: ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, rolls, & more.  When Trek got home we enjoyed our dinner & got it all cleaned up so we could start a Christmas movie together before bed.

As we were picking out a movie to watch we heard sleigh bells upstairs.  The kids got SO excited & rushed up to the 2nd floor to see what it was.  This happens every Christmas Eve so they KNEW what it was, but they wanted to catch Santa in the act this time.  The searched high & lo & no sign of Santa.  Then . . . we heard the bells again on the 3rd floor this time.  We raced up to the toy room & there in the middle of the room were 8 neatly wrapped presents with our names on them from Santa.  The kids laughed & shouted & danced & couldn't wait to open our Christmas Eve gifts:

PAJAMAS!!!

Canyon got some cute Mickey Mouse pjs.

Craiger loved his minion pjs.

Bladen was SO excited about his Star Wars Storm
Tropper pjs.

Taya loved her My Little Pony pjs.

Lorien got some minion love.

And Cadence was giddy over her Elsa pjs.

I got Minnie Mouse of course, like I do every year.

And Trek liked his minion pjs.

Once we all got our new pjs on, we went downstairs & watched The Santa Claus together as a family.  The kids were excited to go to bed as soon as it was over so that everything could be quiet downstairs so Santa could come.

Family Pics 2014

I love my family.  I love my sweet husband who treats me like a queen.  I love my six beautiful children who are my joy.  My family is my happiness.  I am so grateful for them.

Here are our beautiful family pictures for this year done by the fabulous & talented Peyton Tanner from Paint The Sun Photography