Christmas Day 2010

We were up and ready to open presents around 7:45 AM, so we all gathered in the front room before we all headed into the Family room to see what Santa brought!
The kids found their stockings and presents and were immediately excited about what they found!

Santa brought Carson a drum pad set and a Tonka Dump Truck and Front Loader.

Kaylee got a vanity from Santa! (This was a fun toy that most of the kids enjoyed that day, including the boys!).

Both kids got books, candy, and an orange in their stockings.

They also got a recorder to play!

Here are some more pictures from our Christmas morning.

Here is the camera Carson asked for. (Both kids got their own camera!)

All the grand kids got pillow pets from Grandma & Papa Bear.

Even our little baby got a present, a blanket from Grandma Karen.

The kids were spoiled this year! Presents started to pile up because they had so much to open!

We got a lot of musical instruments for Christmas, including this chime set from Grandma Joy, A guitar, drums, and a violin. We can start our own band now!

After opening presents we had waffles for breakfast and then we continued playing with our new toys!

We also enjoyed eating goodies....including tootsie rolls. Can you tell that is what Kaylee was eating before we took this picture?

After lunch, we used skype to talk to my little brother, Elder Brower, in Brazil. It was so cool to have my whole family online and on camera to talk. Tiff was in Reno, Matt in Las Vegas, and Ris & my parents were in Idaho Falls. It was amazing! And Elder Brower looked and sounded great!

The kids went sledding again and then did some musical jamming with each other!

And Kaylee continued to play beauty shop with Daddy.

It was a great Christmas! We headed home that evening since we had to be to church the next day for our Ward's Christmas program. We got home and got unpacked and at least got all the presents into the house before heading straight for bed. We were all worn out from having so much fun that day! The next day, I sang with our Ward Choir for the program and also sang a solo "When the Son of God was Born". It was a great day at church and it was a great way to end the year. Carson will get a new teacher next year since he is going to be in a new class. He will miss his teachers, Sister Burnett and Sister Duncan. They were great teachers! But I also know he is excited to get new teachers for next year. Poor Kaylee is stuck in Nursery for another year, since she doesn't turn 3 until the end of January. But she loves Nursery and will enjoy being the oldest this year! We feel so blessed this Holiday Season! We love our families and we are so grateful for our Ward family and friends. We hope your family had a wonderful Christmas and we wish you a Happy New Year!