Christmas Eve 2012

Christmas Eve, the beginning of the fun-filled two days of celebrations.  The thing I was excited about the most was surprising the kids with the Disney trip that will happen next summer.  Bry and Edie helped with the surprise too.  I don't think all of the kids really comprehend just how much fun it is going to be.  We'll all be staying in one big Disney house.  We had so much fun two years ago in Hayward all staying together in the house and I can only imagine that this will be even more fun. 

 Tessa was pretty excited to give Nolan the present that she bought for him at the school gift shop.  She was so proud of herself.  She had an explanation for everything that she purchased, it was pretty cute.  She bought Nolan a little fishing game because he loves fishing.  She bought Derek an ice scrapper because it will be snowing soon (and boy did it ever snow).  She got Grandma and Grandpa Meade two containers of play-doh, one purple and one pink, because the play-doh at their house is all mixed together.  And she got me pink slippers that look just like ones that she has.  She was so proud and I loved the explanation that she had for each item :)

 Christmas Eve morning, just about to head to Grandma and Grandpa's.

 At Grandma and Grandpa Meade's, getting ready for the fun!

A little snuggle-fest before the gift opening.

Hi Bry and Edie!!  Wish you could have joined us but Skype is the next best thing to having you with us.

Bry and Edie helped with the surprise.  All the kids opened up a calendar and Bry and Edie had the same calendar in SD.  Bry flipped though the months and pointed out June.  There was a big Mickey sticker on June 15, 2013.  Disney here we come!

It was a Disney themed Christmas.  Mickey, Minnie, princesses.  The kids are going to have so much fun!

The Mitchell Christmas is always so fun.  I didn't get many pics from the evening.  Santa decided to stop by on his trip to Lodi and you can see by Nolan's face he wasn't too excited.  He went CRAZY!  Tessa was pretty excited about him this year and was really brave to sit on his lap.  It took Nolan a while to settle down but he kept screaming, "I don't like him!"  Oh Nolie... :)

 On the way out Santa stopped to get his pic taken with Grandma Meade :)

 Tessa the helper busy handing out gifts to everyone from under the tree.

We were treated to some beautiful flute playing and piano playing by Ella and Mitchell.  I should have taken a picture down the hall as well so you could see how many people were watching.  Good job guys, we hope for the same concert next year!