Christmas Day and Beyond

We were up at 7:00 am to see what Santa brought. He brought some great chairs for the girls. They are round and fuzzy. They'll be great reading spots (or video gaming chairs over Christmas break). Of course he filled the stockings with goodies and candy. Their favorite thing in the stocking were the harmonicas. Mike has gotten one earlier this month, so now they can all learn!

My mom and dad "called" us on Skype and we were able to video conference our entire Christmas morning with them. Mike had a laptop with a built in camera that he set up. It was fun! From us Anika got a huge collection of My Little Ponies, Kelby got rollerblades, and Tegan got a digital camera. Plus they got lots of little fun things too. They'll be busy over break! It was pouring down beautiful snow all morning! Here's a family picture of us out in the snow! We had a little breakfast of yummy Cinnamon pull apart bread, little smokies, and scrambled eggs...our Christmas Day tradition. Once we got dressed and all our stuff loaded into the back of the truck in bins so we could get to Gramma Wright's house. We didn't want to take the van out because it couldn't get out of the cul-de-sac without chains, but once out of Sedro-Woolley, the roads cleared off and it's not fun to drive on clear roads with chains on. We spent the rest of the day lounging over at the Wright grandparent's eating, visiting, and playing in the snow. Mike built a snowman on the porch and a fort for the kids. Also we played some Guitar Hero! Today and for the rest of break we'll be relaxing and playing with our new toys. Santa also brought a Karaoke machine, so there's been a lot of music around here....and maybe we need some earplugs!