Presents...Presents...and more Presents

Christmas Eve was spent baking, eating and visiting my sister at work. We always open 1 gift on Christmas Eve and it is always the gift the my Nana and Grandpa send us. So this year we took the gifts and some goodies to my sister at work so we could keep the tradition going.

This is the goody I bake them...a Santa Pizza Cookie. Cookie dough on the bottom (baked for 20 min.), melt a bag of white chocolate chips and cover with pretzels, m&m's, gum drops. Then drizzle the left over white chocolate over the toppings. My sister said it was a hit! I had to hold myself back this holiday season from all the goodies...as it would not be good for my marathon training.

"Pop", Morgan and "mama" at Melissa's work. Morgan has started calling my dad Pop...which is neat because my dad's father's nickname was always Pops. Both of my parents decided that they would let Morgan pick their "Grandparent" names. My mom's is still "mama" for now.

Mel and Mom after we opened our gifts.

Christmas day was spent at our home. I made French Toast for breakfast, we opened gifts, played in the backyard, put new toys together, and played Yatzee, Pictionary, and Catch Phrase. Along with all that fun we had food to munch on all day. What a blessed family day we all shared together!

Morgan is opening her Mickey Mouse Movie and Zach was opening his movie UP.

Zach was entertaining the babies...I think her just liked playing with their toys better! :) We are ALL kids at heart!

Morgan got a kitchen...I picked this one because it will match our kitchen in our new home...once I am done painting (can't wait to close and get the keys)!

Morgan LOVES Minnie Mouse...what good is a kitchen without an apron and a chef's hat.!!

My Mom made Zach a new blanket for his bed. His current room is done is skateboards, and that is what we are keeping it when we move, so we found some blue skateboarder material and my mom made a blanket. Homemade gifts are the best!

Morgan and Ashlyn (our cousin) after opening presents! I am so glad my Aunt and cousin were able to join us on this special day!

We had a wonderful Christmas. Zach also got a MP3 Player, Star Wars Lego sets, books, clothes (lot's of them), new shoes, movies, candy, Battleship, a Nerf Machine Gun, and I am sure much more. Morgan also got a Minnie Mouse cupcake set for her kitchen, Little People Ferris Wheel, Leap Frog reading set, clothes, a V-Tech pink laptop, and much more. I decided to put over half of Morgan's toys up on the shelf until we move...they will be easier to move if they are still packaged up!

I hope your family has a VERY Happy New Year!