And, finally, Christmas!

First things first...the tree! We love going to the tree farm to pick out the perfect tree.

The Christmas Eve picture...one mediocre picture out of about 20. Good grief...is it really possible to get a decent picture of all of your kids when you have more than one?

Parker enjoyed opening his gifts. Well, no, he enjoyed eating the wrapping paper.

And then he enjoyed playing with them. At 5 1/2 months old I finally got a picture of him smiling, though it's not very good. Michael and I really have to tag team on this to get a good one before, like, his birthday or something!!

Maren really enjoyed her princesses and Evan loved his dart guns.

And then that evening at my sister's house, the cousins enjoyed some DDR. Evan was serious about it and played for probably 45 minutes in those hot jammies with flush cheeks. All in all, it was our best Christmas ever. The kids were really fabulous, we had a great day together as a family, we were able to play together. Just a great time!