Christmas Fun!

The night before Christmas Eve we went to see some Christmas lights with my parents, Becca, and grandma Lundberg.  Robby had caught the stomach bug that me and the kids had already had so he was at home.  We had fun taking my family to see the castle house and the house in Bloomington Hills that had both won a TV show Christmas Light Fight.  They were both very light!  We like the Bloomington Hills one the most though! 

Becca and the kids at Santa's Workshop at the Bloomington Hills house. 

Christmas Eve we went to breakfast with the Comeford Clan that morning at IHOP.  It was fun to be out to breakfast with everyone.  After that we went to Grandma Lundberg's to spend some time with my family for lunch/snacks and to hang out for a bit.  After that we took the kids home for naps.  After naps got ready to go over to Ami's for their Christmas Eve dinner and festivities.  We ate, acted out the nativity, opened Christmas PJ's, and watched the video that Robby made with Calin and Clara reading The Grinch.

Calin being one of the shepherds.  Clara was not cooperating and just wanted to come sit by me (Robby and I were Mary and Joseph) but she did start out as a wiseman.  

Calin opening up his Yoda pajamas.  He was SO excited.  It was pretty fun to watch him get so excited about opening them! He wanted to put them on right away! 

Christmas Jammies! 

Cousins and PJ's! 

Our family still wasn't totally recovered and back to eating normally after the stomach bug we had so we headed home to do a few last Christmas Eve things together and then get the kids to bed.   They left cookies out for Santa and a carrot for the reindeer! Calin was pretty excited about all of this.  Clara didn't really know what to think but had fun with Calin!

Cookies and Carrots! 

Christmas morning the kids woke up around their normal time around 6:30 or 7.   Calin was super excited to go and see what Santa had brought and was thrilled when he found Santa had brought him the Star Wars action figures he had been hoping for!

He was so excited to open them and play and play.  He still will spend hours every day playing with his Star Wars guys.  He got Yoda, Luke, C3PO, R2D2, Darth Vader, Han Solo, Storm Trooper, Chewbacca.

We had a really nice morning with our little family opening presents, snacking on cereal, reading some of the books the kids got.  It was nice to just take our time and go at the pace of the kids and let them play with new toys as they opened them.  

Calin got and R2D2 chair from Tracee and Austin and so Clara had to get her chair out and they read books in their chairs. Calin got some Star Wars books from Santa that he was super excited to read.  

The kids got a dress up box from Robby and I full of capes, dresses, and all sorts of fun dress-ups.  Clara wanted a cape like Calin but otherwise wasn't super interested in the dress-ups.  Calin was pretty excited! 

To the rescue! 

This was after Calin had put on ALL of the boy dress-ups one over the top of the other.   He wanted to wear them all! 

Some fun little duplos Clara got from Summer and Josef.  She was so excited there was a little baby! 

Calin in all his dress up gear with the new star wars cars he got from Allie and Erich. 

Clara was also excited about this little Minnie puzzle she got from Allie and Erich.  

Robby with his cool engine print from Allie and Erich.  

There were tons and tons of awesome presents but I didn't pictures of everything.  After we finished at our house we went over to Comefords briefly to open a few presents with Grandma and Grandpa Comeford before heading over to Grandma Lundberg's for breakfast/brunch and to open presents with Becca and grandma and grandpa Mielke.  The kids were spoiled rotten and got all kinds of wonderful presents from everyone!  I only got a few pictures but they got some awesome books, clothes, an easel for coloring and painting, some cool underwater light sabers, goggles, and a ladybug helmet.  They sure are lucky to be so loved!

Clara looking awesome in her ladybug helmet.  

Clara and Calin helping grandpa play with his new mini soccer game.  

After playing with everyone at Grandma Lundberg's for a little bit we headed back to Comeford's for Christmas "dinner" around 3.  We ate with all of Robby's family and then opened presents with all of them.  I somehow did manage to get any pictures of dinner or presents over there but it was a very nice afternoon and evening and the kids got even more presents to add to all the wonderful things they'd already gotten.

After dinner and presents and pie we headed home to spend a little more time with Becca and Grandma and Grandpa and to show them all the presents the kids had gotten that morning.  They stayed for a little bit before heading home and we relaxed a little more, let the kids play and then got kids to bed for a nice end to our wonderful Christmas!

Clara got some new bows and wanted to share one with everyone so she gave everyone a bow to put in their hair. 

Although these pictures weren't from Christmas this was our family Sunday Christmas the Sunday after Christmas.  I sure am grateful for this little family of ours and for those two cuties! We sure do love them and are glad we got to spend Chrismas teaching them of their Savior and watching their joy as we celebrated.