Christmas Day!

Happy Jay on Christmas morning!

Ben is opening a gift with his mouth full of Christmas stocking candy.

Loving sisters!

Claire and her BB! We have already had fun playing BB together.

Anna and her Spartan hoodie!

Jay loved his play rifle!

Butter(Brianna) and Lasses(Fiona) had to get in on the action. Granny had purchased each of them a gift for Christmas. Fluff also recieved a toy mechanical mouse filled with catnip. She went wild!! She is mostly a housecat now with a litter box and everything, so warn us when you are coming over if you are allergic to cats!!

Scott received 3 pairs of house shoes this Christmas. Anna and I can both help him out with these since our feet are almost the same size as his :( Note the light outside is very dim - I am not sure the sun had yet risen when this pic was taken!
A few days before Christmas, I took an idea from Roan, where each child comes to Mom's "store" and picks out a gift for their brothers and sisters. The kids all had fun picking out gifts and wrapping them for their siblings. Anna did use some of her money from making cakes to buy her siblings small gifts that they opened on Christmas Eve.

We had a relaxing Christmas Day! The kids were literally up before dawn!! We calmed them down enough to have a short Bible study and then we took turns opening gifts. John's favorite was probably his cross bow from Vision Forum. Claire loved the basketball and Ben loved his game set. Anna's favorite was her Spartan hoodie! Our family gift was a new TV! Ours was almost 20 years old and had to be turned on with a screwdriver :)

We had a big breakfast and enjoyed the day playing the Wii ( Christmas gift from Granny and Pa) and other board games. Scott and I both took a little nap since we were awaken before daylight and had not gone to bed until after midnight!

"Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given....."

Praise the Lord for His Precious Gift to Us!

We took no pics on Christmas Eve, but we spent the day in Booneville with Scott's mom and Erin Shea and then went over to Mom and Dad's for Santa's hats and visiting.