Our Family Christmas

We always stay in town for Christmas. On Christmas Eve, Rachel and Jeremy went shopping for me. Rachel had already purchased gifts for Jeremy, Abigail and Snowy. Later, we all went to the book store and to eat at Olive Garden (Rachel's favorite place.) When we got home, we let the girls open their gifts from Gramsy and Gramps (my Mom and Stepdad.) They also opened a gift from each other. Of course, Rachel helped Abigail open hers. Just before bed, we baked candy cane shaped sugar cookies for Santa and left out some reindeer food, too.

Rachel woke up before we did on Christmas Day (which is a first.) She was so excited. She came running into our bedroom to tell us to come see what Santa had left. She said, "Santa did a really good job. I love Santa." She played with a few toys and then asked us to wake Abigail so we did. She stayed up for about 45 minutes and was ready for bed. After she napped, both girls unwrapped a few more presents before lunch and then opened more after we ate.

We had a great day together. Santa brought a Wii game that we could all play together, Mario Kart, and we played that quite a bit in the afternoon while Abigail napped again. Rachel also got a couple of other games that we played (Wii games and board games.) We also watched Kung Fu Panda in the evening.

We were in the middle of watching the movie when Jeremy started to feel sick. He ended up with a stomach virus and was really sick all night. He has been in bed all day today. I hope that he feels better tomorrow. At least we enjoyed most of the day together before the virus kicked in.

Here are some pics from Christmas Eve and Christmas.