Christmas!

Christmas Eve, Dad went out to do some errands, then Em and I went to the grocery store.  I spent a lot of time cooking, cleaning, and preparing for dinner.  My parents, who returned home from Washington, D.C. the night before, came for dinner.  I must say, I did a good job with ham, rolls, jello, vegetables, and yummy brownies with frosting.  We opened gifts from my parents.  Emily's favorite gift from them is a pretty doll she named Anna.  James' favorite gift from them is a marble tower thing. My favorite thing from them is a DVD of family photos dating back to 1972.  It is a collection of the "Growing Up Books" my mom made for my Grandma Williams, every year till 1998.  James also loved the bucket of beach toys (in preparation for our trip to Cali in January) and even wore his swimsuit to bed.

Christmas morning, we slept till after 9am.  James came in our room, then went and got Emily.  Once the video camera was ready, we let them go see what Santa brought.  Emily got a pink Razor scooter she asked for, and a Taylor Swift CD.  In her stocking was a necklace, 9 pairs of earrings, and other items.  James got his beloved and sought after Nerf Shotgun.  He has been talking about it for weeks.  He too got a new scooter, a blue one.  In his stocking were some paints and paintbrushes, because he recently took a liking to "arting," or so he calls it.

From Nana, James got a cool set of remote control trick cars.  He has already worn the batteries out.  He also got some cute Star Warts T-shirts.  Emily loved her little sewing/craft kit from Nana.  She already decorated a shirt with fabric paint.

The kids have had fun on their scooters.  It was dry weather on Christmas day, so they were able to be outside.  Today it's been snowing so they have played inside.

We saw the Disney movie "Tangled."  It was a cute movie and the kids loved it.

Today is Sunday, so we went to church.  Kevin and I had a nap after church while the kids played downstairs.  I have been organizing and creating a photo book of the year 2010.  I have over 1,000 photos from the year that need to be put into a book and printed.

Kevin is taking the week off and I have time off as well, though I will be working a couple hours per day (there are days/weeks when I don't work a full 40 hours, so it's fine that I work during the break).  We plan to sleep in, hang out, go to movies, etc.