Christmas 2013

After hearing Christmas music and seeing Christmas merchandise in the stores since Labor Day, Santa finally made his way to our house! This was our first Christmas "on our own" without either one of our families around. I would say it was quiet but with 3 five-year-olds in the house, that would not be a true statement.
We had a wonderful Christmas day surprise. We were thinking about picking up a prime rib on Christmas Eve day, I had called the shop a day earlier they took my # and said they would call if they got any in. But on Christmas Eve, between someone trying to hack my paypal account and then getting rear-ended (really minor collision, no injuries and both vehicles were still drive-able) I wasn't able to make it to the butchers even if I wanted to. So I picked up a roast at the grocery store instead. On Christmas day I received a call from the butcher, they asked me if I wanted to come down and pick up a free prime rib. I protested slightly, but was rebuffed so we went downtown and picked it up. What an unbelievable Christmas day; Santa is real!

Gearing up to open presents!

Santa brought Madison a My Little Pony Castle... she appears to approve of this present.

Momma and the girls.

And Zer0

Tearing it up

Another My Little Pony present that received an embrace. This time from Audrey.

Zoie behind the present.

The girls each got a travel bag from Grammy.

The look of anticipation.

Audrey and her Anna doll 

Madison and her Elsa doll

Daddy and his pizza cutter doll

Now they can each pack their own travel bag.

Madison searching for the contents of the bag. 

The girls received some toys and games, but when they unwrapped a few books the world stopped for a few minutes as they sat down to read them. Very cool!

The lights that adorned the front of our house.

Opus in the tree!

What a crew.

"Stellar" Christmas lights...