Wow!! What an action packed week! We have been soooooo busy! Yesterday was a marathon Christmas Eve :) After bike rides and outdoor playtime, Kirsten and I spent a lot of time baking yesterday. We made delicious "monkey bread" for Christmas morning (a new tradition!) and a beautiful Birthday Cake for Jesus. I am so sorry that I didn't take pictures of it. Kirsten did a great job of decorating it (she decided our Savior would really appreciate lots of sprinkles). Before church Kirsten and Brian made reindeer food to sprinkle in the yard.
The boys needed a little help getting started... but these guys catch on fast! After a few tastes :) they did a great job of sprinkling snacks for our flying friends!
Kirsten was a beautiful angel in the Christmas pageant at the children's mass. She took her position as part of the "Heavenly Host" very seriously and did an AWESOME job!
After mass we came home to celebrate the holiday with Grammy, Grandpa, Aunt Maureen, and Ryan. This year we did things a little differently. Instead of going out to dinner and then home to open gifts (as we've always done in the past)... we had some appetizers, opened gifts, and then ate dinner AFTER the kiddos were in bed. The kids were all spoiled rotten :) and loved every moment of it.
Danny kissed his new puppy as soon as he opened it!
Aunt Maureen gave Kirsten a beautiful new "Hannah Montana" comforter... here are my little fakers hamming it up on the new blankie. (TOTAL fakers!)
Kirsten was really hoping for a violin for Christmas. She has been very anxious to join the violin club at school. She was VERY excited and a little emotional (the grateful little angel :) to open her gift from Grammy and Grandpa!
My poor baby boys were begging to go to bed! Promptly at 6:45 the boys started waving and calling "Night, night!" to everyone... we were able to stretch them until 7:30 but they were very happy when it was time to cuddle up. Here is the whole family getting ready for Santa.
Our little ones checkin' everything out (at dawn of course!) 
Kirsten (our little musician) wanted an electric guitar and a violin for Christmas... it seemed like a lot to me... so I asked her to chose one instrument to receive now and to wait until her birthday for the other... Well, Grammy and Grandpa got her the violin and Santa brought a guitar!!! (An electric Hello Kitty guitar!) ...so much for my plan :) 
Our real life little Hannah Montana 
...You've heard parents joke about how kids always prefer the box to the toys that come in them right? Here's the proof! 
After a busy morning of playing with new toys, we went to Grammy and Grandpa's house for Christmas dinner. Here is Aunt Maureen loving Danny 
Here is a fun picture of "Crazy Uncle Jason" ... resembles the Santa pics right? Jason (Matt's Godfather) bought the boys Bucs jerseys... they are SO CUTE. The boys loved wearing their new shirts and yelling "Touchdown!" ...They just didn't love being forced to sit in his lap for the picture! 
...I hope I can get this to work... This is my first attempt at loading a video. IF you are able to watch this video (that's a big "if") You'll see Matt riding his new roller coaster from Santa... it is so cool!
