The kids were super excited for Christmas morning to come. They woke up just after 5 o'clock and were ready to go see what Santa had brought for them.Elly had notes for both of them with a treasure hunt leading to their big present from Santa. They found them hiding in the dishwasher.
Chloe was so excited to find her baby Jesus in a manger waiting under the tree. That is what she had been asking for ever since the primary program. She also got roller skates, and a sewing machine. 
Tanner couldn't have been happier that he got the LegoMindstorm he had been dreaming of. He also got an ipod docking station and some other cool stuff. 
Both of the kids got pogo sticks from Santa and they haven't stopped bouncing on them since. They have competitions with each other and with themselves to see how many times in a row they can bounce without stopping. I think Tanner's last record was like 1490. Chloe was up to about 78-lol. Also a word to the wise there is a weight restriction on the pogo sticks for a reason Landon tested one of them out and crashed through the Christmas tree and the door to the washer and dryer-breaking the door and almost knocking down the tree-oops.
Landon got a 1,000 piece puzzle of Fenway park and has been putting it together ever since. He also got a meat slicer and some new church apparel.
I was spoiled and got a Acer Tablet. It's actually for the family and to be honest sometimes I have to fight the kids off to get a turn on it.
After we opened presents on Christmas morning we were able to just hang out until it was time for church. Landon didn't have meetings for once, which was nice for all of us. He made waffles for breakfast-which we all love.
After church we went out to my Grandma's for Christmas dinner. My sisters and their families came too. It was nice to eat and spend time together. My Grandma gave Landon and I a really nice quilt for Christmas-one of our very favorite gifts. We put it on the bed as soon as we got home.
So you may have heard rumors that we were getting a new puppy. Well here he is-Beckett. The cutest little guy ever! He is a cocker spaniel (white with buff spots or freckles-he even has some freckles across his nose just like the rest of the family) Just in case anyone is wondering where we came up with the name Beckett. He is named after Josh Beckett from the Redsox. It was between Beckett and Boston and the kids liked Beckett best. You can't tell we have a few baseball fans living here can you?
Yesterday we had our annual Christmas Party. It was super fun. All of my sisters and their families were there along with my Dad and Mom, Grandma, and Uncle Brad and his family. It was nice just to spend time together and eat lots of yummy food. The kids had a blast playing with all of their cousins. Santa Claus even made an appearance and brought all the kids hats or mittens. While Santa was visiting his beard slipped down a little, Chloe quick as a whip picked up on it and yelled out the name of the Santa impostor-lol. She doesn't miss a beat! We also decorated sugar cookies and the cousins and sisters did a gift exchange. Then we ended off the day by delivering our secret Santa items to the family we had chosen for this year. What a fun and busy day. I love my family and am so glad we can get together and do things like this :)
Thank You so much BRENDA!
After seeing Taryn's Elf on the Shelf and hearing about others that have them. We decided that we were going to try it out. Chloe was super excited when we told her about it, and she kept asking us all sorts of questions the night before our elf was to arrive. She could hardly wait. She showed up a few days ago and it has been really fun for the kids. Tanner likes to help-if you get my drift ;) Yesterday while we were in church the elf (ELLY) moved spots and brought a magical snowflake.
Chloe was pretty stoked about that. So excited in fact that she spontaneously and without being asked cleaned her whole room and got ready for bed all without help or anything-that has never happened before! Her reasoning was that she wanted the elf to see her room. Well this morning when Chloe woke up the elf was in her room and she even had a little treat for Chloe. While I was in the shower Chloe cleaned my room and made my bed. WOW all in the power of the elf-LOL.
Thanks Gram for being at the assembly when I couldn't and getting a picture for us.
