Twas the Day (and Night) Before...

Twas TWO nights before Christmas and Katie woke with a fright - I mean a FEVER. A high one. AGH!! She had just finished antibiotics for strep exactly a week earlier, so the Dr. figured it didn't kill it all and just called in a RX for us. SO, Christmas Eve was a totally relaxing day by all...including Hershey.

We did stick with our tradition of opening one present on Christmas Eve. No one felt too sick for that!! We decided this year to let them open their "big" gifts. That for one made it easier for us to get them put together/going before the big morning. Here is Kyle opening his...

An iPod Nano!! How fun!! He has wanted an iPod "with a screen" forever - and never dreamed it would be his gift this year. He loves it!!

And next comes Katie...Her gift was actually the "big" gift under the tree. She was so excited about the size. I did have to remind Kyle (but only once) that when you're 10, big things come in small packages.

A three story barbie house! Can't get much better than that when you're 7!!!

We had a lot of fun setting everything up on the Eve of Christmas.

I'll post more later of our big day today. Merry Christmas everyone!!

Katie's Prayer

So, I'm kinda new to this blogging - and so far, I haven't been very faithful. I have a ton of pictures from December to blog on. We'll see if that happens. I did want to post this one, though. Katie left this prayer out on the counter. I guess it's kind of like a letter to Santa, only this is a prayer to God. The thing is, it happened. We had some ice and snow and NO SCHOOL today. Just like she wanted. Now, what do we do the next time she decides to write a prayer about something she wants. Like a car....