Christmas Morning 2008

Christmas morning was so much fun. It was so nice to be at home, and I think Chad and I were more excited than the kids. They slept in, so we didn't even open presents until 8:30. We actually had to wake Owen up, so he wasn't to excited about his stocking at first. He would look at things, and then just throw them behind his back. It was so funny. Claire thought Santa was going to come to her door and bring her presents, but she was happy to see that he just left them under the tree. We only had a slight problem. We had gone to Costco and bought a ton of AA batteries because we assumed that Owen's gift would take that size - nope it took AAA. So, Chad had to put the pickup in 4-wheel drive, and go down to the gas station to get new batteries. I think we paid more for 12 AAA batteries than we did for all of the AA batteries we bought. Oh well!!
Claire got a princess castle and some princesses to play with. She loves to lock the princesses in the tower while they wait for their prince to come - only one problem, she didn't get any princes.
Owen was so excited to get his GeoTrac. He hasn't stopped playing with it since he opened the package. He also got an extra train and some extra tracks to go with it.
We were so glad that J.R. could come and stay with us for Christmas. It was so great for the kids to get to know him better, and I think he might have even enjoyed himself.
Yes, it took all three of these boys to put together Owen's GeoTrac. I think Chad and J.R. had more fun with it than Owen.
Grant had no idea what was going on. He actually slept through the present process, and woke up after all the excitement had worn off.