Christmas Parties #3

FINALLY, it was Christmas morning!

Zach makes fun of me because I still get SO excited for Christmas... this year was no exception. I woke up almost every hour to check the clock and see if it was time to get up yet. LONGEST NIGHT EVER. But, the boys woke us up at 5:45am and it was time to party!

Hyrum got roller blades and a Transformer. (Jag got a new litter box, yay!)

Weston got Paper Jams guitar, a scooter and Warrior Zhu zhus.

Afton got a new baby and a stroller! The baby is a preemie Cabbage Patch named Nada Cora (really?) whose birthday is June 19th. She is super cute, even if her name isn't...

My big present from Zach was a brand new DSLR Sony camera. I was a little scared about touching it, a little overwhelmed about learning how to use it, but it came with classes on photography which makes it a little less scary. :)

So, the rest of the day (week, month, year) I spent playing with my camera- when I could get it away from Zach!

This picture below is using the automatic smile detector- it takes a picture on it's own as soon as it senses the subject is smiling... awesome.

Since we didn't have church until one and that is Afton's nap time, we set out early to Spanish Fork to attend Sacrament meeting with my family and then headed to Pa's house to eat brunch and open more presents...

Oh, the family piled on the couch...

This was one of my favorites:

Aunt Wendy made beanies for all the kids- the boys hat's included attachable beards. We couldn't tell if they were supposed to be lumberjacks or terrorist. What do you think?

Later that afternoon (after some needed naps and singing in our ward choir) we went to Zach's parents to open MORE presents.

Are we spoiled?

Yes, we are.

This is just SOME of the presents just for our family... Not including any of the other families.

Afton loves her new babies!

I must say, we are so blessed to have so much family around who loves us! I love Christmas time: the parties, the music, the food, the presents. But I also liked having Christmas on Sunday because it gave us a chance to really remember what Christmas is all about. I am grateful for my Savior and his willingness to come to earth to be our Example and our Redeemer!

The holiday might be over, but the parties aren't done yet...