Christmas Day

Since we had a late night the boys slept in considering it was Christmas morning and all. They woke up around 7 and were eager to see if Santa had visited. We enjoyed a relaxing day at home with just our family of 5, besides an outing to Humperdinks for lunch.

We finished up our Advent House and "What God Wants For Christmas". I always look forward to these traditions and love to see the boys knowledge of God and Jesus continue to grow. Of course I want them to enjoy the presents and fun, but definitely want them to understand the true meaning of Christmas that God sent our Savior, Baby Jesus!!

It was also fun to celebrate Brooke's first Christmas. She received lots of help from her brothers in opening her few presents. Ben enjoyed playing with her toys since she wasn't quite old enough to fully enjoy them herself!

Did Santa come???

He sure did..
What did Ben get Dad???
The giant yo-yo Ben kept saying he was getting Dad...unfortunately the yo-yo was defective and didn't come with string...oops

and golf balls

The Tri-bot

Stocking Time

Santa brought new Webkinz

Time to wake Brooke for her First Christmas..The Sleeping Angel


Brooke getting to see her presents

And..................we had the First White Christmas in a long, long time in Dallas. At least in Brent and I's lifetime. So beautiful!

Sweet Brooke's First Christmas

Ben and Brooke worn out
Blake and Ben wanted to spend the night in their new tent from Aunt Shara and family......Ben didn't make it the whole night. When he came down to my room in the middle of the night I made them both go to their beds so we could get through the rest of the night
The empty stockings hanging back up on the mantle

Merry Christmas 2009

Sneak Peek

I loved spending Christmas Eve night with my family, but the only bummer is that we always get home so late and don't get to finish our Christmas traditions on Christmas Eve night. So we quickly laid out our cookies, milk, and carrots for Santa and the reindeer and put some tired boys to bed. I couldn't resist the urge to get up in the middle of the night =) and see if Santa had come. Here is what I found....

Santa and the reindeer didn't leave hungry
What he left for Brooke
For Blake - the requested Havoc Helicopter, Millie's Math House, and Sammie's Science House
For Ben - Mario Kart
The stockings were filled
A quick look at the snow outside. I think I saw some boot and paw prints

Christmas with the Anglins

We celebrated Christmas with my family on Christmas Eve. We started by attending the Christmas Eve service at Aunt Shara's church. The idea of attending the service was good until it was snowing like crazy and she attends a ginormous church. It was pretty crazy trying to get into the service but we managed. It was a great service as we celebrated Jesus' birthday and all the kids were good!

Then we headed over to Aunt Shara's for a delicious dinner and wonderful Christmas celebration. The boys always love playing with their older cousins. The snow continued to pile up and we were amazed how much there was on our way home. It definitely snowed a lot more at Shara's house 20 min away than it did at ours, but we got a good bit. Could it be a white Christmas??

Brooke with Aunt Jackie
Brooke with cousin Bryce who I can't believe is 17!!
All the kids. Brock was a little nervous holding Brooke but he did great!
Worn out
New Cowboys jersey

Having fun

Papa Bob
Steve and family
Loving their new pillow pets

Grandpa Bob with all his grandkids
Sis and Dad
Dad, Sis, and I
Dad with his kids