Christmas Eve

We spend Christmas Eve with the Gines family. We started this year at Jo's house with a great dinner, and then moved on to opening the TRUCK LOAD of presents. Travis had a few hours off, and was able to be there..that was the best part for me! I think we all got everything we wanted and more..including two iPads for Keith and Jo, a leg lamp, a photoshoot on the Oregon Coast this summer, toys and toys galore, a shopping spree at Kohl's, wiggle cars, and a trip to Disneyland in Novemember...WE ARE SPOILED!!



















After the fun time at Jo's, we headed to Grandma Gines' house. We mixed it up this year and had scones and soup, instead of scones and ham. It was a nice change. We played the white elephant game, and had a visit from Santa. Poppy was there and was able to convince Addison that Santa is not Poppy. She kept looking back and forth at Poppy and Santa, and then got a glow in her eyes, and wanted everything to do with Santa. She was so excited for her turn to sit on his lap.




We stayed up until 1:15 AM to complete Addison's big gift from Mom and Dad..a playhouse. We made horrible elves because we made lots of noise, and struggled to get it put together. Lots of curse words, and hours went by, but we finally got it made.