A Wonderful, White Christmas!

Christmas just isn't complete without snow, and this year we got it! And, man, did we get it! Between Christmas Eve and Christmas morning we were delivered about 11 inches of white bliss. The only bad part was that it was accompanied with very strong winds... making some drifts 4 feet deep! But, I couldn't be happier that we had a white Christmas.
We started out by WAKING THE BOYS UP... yes, I actually woke my children up on Christmas morning, but we had a little bit of a schedule and Dusty and I were hungry. Santa seriously spoiled them... and also got every little bit of credit there was to be had. I had kind of anticipated this Christmas to be like the other 8 Kansas City Christmas' we've experienced and thought for sure the boys would be able to try out their scooters in the driveway... but we haven't gotten to yet!

This year was really special for gift giving. Tots N Tales gave the boys the opportunity to buy mom, dad and each other gifts. They were very proud of what they had picked out!

Are there tornadoes in December? Because one hit our house.

Right after opening all of our gifts at home, we headed over to Nana and Papa's house to see what damage Santa had done there. He did good.

We finished off the day at my parents' house. It felt soooo good to have that much family together on Christmas. My sister, Devon, and her husband and kids flew in from Phoenix (and luckily got snowed in for a little extended vacation), and Dusty's family all came over. We ate DELICIOUS prime rib and everything else that makes you feel completely miserable.

Booker and Bodey had a blast with their cousins, Ethan and Audrey. They would cry when we had to leave them and beg to go back to play. I don't have one complaint about our Christmas vacation this year... oh, except the fact that it was over and I had to go back to work.