Christmas Day

*please forgive the crappiness of these pictures.  i think i need to spend some quality time with my camera to figure out how to take better pictures*

Christmas morning started out early.  Well no earlier than usual but the latest we can keep our children in their rooms on any given day is 6:30a.  Notice from some of the pictures, it's still dark outside.  Very dark.  And very early...

whoa, check out my stash!

a new bed for all the babies

dora's dollhouse was a big hit!

this picture pretty much shows how excited bz was about yahtzee

Christmas Day was pretty chill.  There was lots of playing with toys and lounging around in pjs.  We were lucky enough to have dinner that night with our good friends, the Isenbergs.  There was much laughing and there's always a good meal when Tom is involved.

My goal for next year is to somehow incorporate family into the actual Christmas celebration.  Their presence was really missed this year.  Thank goodness for friend-families!