Christmas Day

Oh how I love Christmas! We have been so blessed this year and Christmas is such a wonderful way to end the year. I love Christmas with my kids. It's so fun to watch their eyes light up Christmas Morning.

Parker and Tandi sitting on Tandi's new table and chairs.

She just sat and stared and this doll for like 5 minutes.
Parker got some legos and vtech stuff.

I got spoiled this year. My hubby suprised me with some brand new ski's, boots, poles, and snow pants. I just need some good snow so I can use them. After Christmas at our house we went up to the Aplington's for some more fun!

Check out Tandi's cute slippers from Grammy and Grampy.
Parker got some kind of nerf gun shooter.
Becca, Grammy, and Grampy.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve at the Merrill household is always fun! We had our little Nativity! The kids did a great job! Parker loved being Joseph again. Tandi was a wise woman.Mary riding the Donkey Cliff.Here is some of the clan.Opening presents.Parker and Tandi doing some dancing. Parker brought his keyboard so he could play his Jingle Bell song. Then the kids sang some Christmas songs. Tandi just stared the whole time.

Sunday Party

Every year we go to a party at the Armstrong's. We do the usual nativity story. But this year was a little more interesting. Parker was Joseph and little Presley who is only one got to be Mary. It was very entertaining. We also did Talents. Most of it is Piano playing. I am sad cause I didn't get a picture of Parker playing Jingle Bells. It was his first time playing in front of people and he did a pretty good job!
Then what made this here especially different then the other years was an Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest. This is what Heath wore. Pretty Sexy!!This was the top six winners! Clayton on the end won because of a sweater he was wearing in a old picture. It was ugly!

Here is the audience

Christmas Day!

We spent Christmas Day with Heath's family. We first went up there for breakfast, and then came back that night for games, and opening gifts. We were there until 2: 00 in the morning. It was a fun evening.I put this picture on to show how goofy my hubby is. I always have to fight him to take a normal picture. Opening gifts.Parker got some new superman pj's.
Grampy and Tandi.Becca and Easton.Luke and Easton.Shannon and I with our little girls.This was what we did most of the night. Becca got a Wii for Christmas.This is the girls in matching Pj's.

Santa Claus came to our house!

Heath and I both loved watching our kids Christmas morning. This year Tandi knew exactly how to open gifts. Once she started she didn't want to wait to open the rest. Parker was shocked when he saw the jeep.

The Merrill Christmas Party

On Christmas Eve we had our usual party with my family. We tried to take a picture with all the kids. Some of them wouldn't sit still so the parents had to join in the picture.

As you can tell we all got spoiled. Thanks Mom and Dad. We all love you!