Christmas 2010

We had a fun Christmas this year! Mike's mom and stepdad came down from Utah, so we had our whole family together on Christmas Eve. We had TONS of food--I wish I had taken a pic of all of it! Lasagna, Eggplant Parmesan, Raviolis, Meatballs, salad, breadsticks, appetizers and Oreo Truffles and Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake for dessert........ YUM! The kids opened gifts from their Grandparents and the adults had an "As Seen on TV" White Elephant gift exchange. This was alot more fun than our usual drawing names. And, we had to fight for it, but we scored a Big Top Cupcake (total awesomeness!) and a Fushigi Anti Gravity Ball. Halle was very excited about that.
I just want to list the gifts the girls got, so I won't forget like I always do.
From my parents-
Halle got Lego the Burrow and the Santa Clause 3
Kiah got Toy Story Duplo set and Toy Story 3
From Mike's parents-
they got $$-which turned into Boots, and 2 outfits and hair clips for Halle
a little dollie house and furniture for Kiah
From us-
Halle got Disney Sing It, icarly, and Just Dance Kids for Wii, and Fairyland for the DS. She also got a Cinderella magnetic wooden doll kit and a pet Kitty for her American Girl.
Kiah got a Leapster Explorer with 3 games as her big gift. She also got some Mickey Mouse instruments and a 'magic' tea set.
From Santa-
We all got board games! Halle got Apples to Apples (7+), Kiah got Red Rover, I got Imaginiff and Mike got What's Yours Like?. The girls both got a mini Hungry Hungry Hippos, too. And Santa did a great job stuffing their stockings, too! Everything from nail polish and books to panties and socks!
Mike surprised me with the Elf Soundtrack and a gift certificate for a Cut & Color in my stocking. (He always spoils me--like our trip to Disney wasn't enough) And I got him a 'Date Night Calendar' with a years worth of date scheduled and babysitting set up, along with a gift certificate to go rollerskating as one of our dates! Should be fun!
On Christmas morning we opened gifts, watched the Disney Christmas Parade on ABC, and ate our traditional Eggnog Stuesel Coffe Cake (one of my absolute favs!). Then Mike's fam came over for Christmas dinner, which consisted of Sweet Pork burritos- More YUM! It was a great weekend with family celebrating our Savior's birth!