New Year, New Posting!

Christmas was a quiet one for us at home. No extended family and no travel through busy airports. Just spending time together enjoying family and the birth of our Savior.

Traditions still in place like, the magic jammies dropped on the front door by the elves on Christmas Eve, baking Santa's cookies after Christmas Eve service and late night marathon wrapping.

For a moment eh-em, Mrs Claus thought the jammies tradition may be spoiled because in her efforts to help the Elves she hid the jammies so well she couldn't find them.

After a last minute trip to Kohl's on Christmas Eve just an hour and a half before church and a near lost temper the tradition survived another year.

Landon also got to open his gifts from the Monge's on Christmas Eve because their tradition is to open Christmas gifts from Santa and the family on Christmas Eve.

Christmas morning was a little like the commercials of the kids screaming in delight and excitment with every gift!

We put pictures of Grammy, GranDaddy, Aunt Samantha and Uncle Stephen on the gifts so Landon would know who they were from.

And Grammy and GranDaddy got to watch Landon open his gifts thanks to Skype web cams!

The Bumble Bee helmet and blaster from Grammy and GranDaddy were a big hit!!

From Santa, Landon asked for a Bat House. (seen below) He was very specific about what he wanted this year, which included not only the Bat House, but also Legos and a Bumblebee tranformer that turned from a robot into a car. Santa delivered and we settled in for a lazy, yet beautiful time together as a family.