~Merry Christmas!~

This year we decided that kids could get up at 5:00 to see what Santa had brought them.  Dave and I were hoping that this would be the case, because the last several years we have had Christmas at 1:00 am, because the kids would not go to sleep and Dave and I knew that if we wanted sleep, we might as well just let them see what Santa brought, so could go to bed.  Well this year, the kids got up, looked down at the family room, saw that Santa hadn't come yet, and went back to sleep.  They did this all night long, not knowing that Santa was leaving their presents in the theater room.  Finally at 6:30, Dave and I went up to wake them up.  Lexi was so disappointed because she thought that Santa had not come, after all, there were no presents in the family room.  But when they saw their stockings were missing, they knew he must have left their presents somewhere.  They were so excited to find that Santa did come, and that he did bring presents.

Garrett wasn't so sure about getting up early.  He was a little moody, lol.

The kids opening presents from Dave and I.

Santa brought our family a Ping Pong table and several movies. Hunter got snow clothes, 3 Xbox games, snow boots, a remote control helicopter, books and some clothes.  Mckell got a bracelet making kit, a jewelry box, a gift card to get her ears pierced, earrings, books, clothes, and some snow boots.  Lexi got 3 Frozen Barbie dolls, a Flynn Rider stuffed animal, a bunny stuffed animal from Sopia the First, a book, a coat, shoes, and clothes.  Garrett got a cars race set, an Buzz lightyear spaceship, a book, clothes, and a coat.  I got a camera, a 2014 calendar, clothes, and some perfume.  Dave got clothes and a couple of pairs of shoes.  It was a really good Christmas!

Both sets of Grandparents dropped by to see what Santa brought.  Grandma and Grandpa Wangsgard had fun playing ping pong.

Our cute little family!  I wanted to get a picture of us all month to do Christmas cards.  With things being crazy at work for Dave, and with being the bishop, we never could find time to take a picture.  Well I finally got my picture today.  It just will not be for our Christmas cards, lol.

We headed to my mom and dad's for lunch and to exchange gifts with the Wangsgard side of the family.

Love this shirt Christian gave me, lol.

Hunter playing with his remote control helicopter.  Can you see it?

Garrett playing with his remote control car.

Lexi and Paislee making a fort.  Lexi LOVES having Paislee up for the holidays.

After visiting with the Wangsgard side of the family, we headed up to Huntsville for dinner and to exchange gifts with the Ropelato side of the family.

I love how Garrett gets so excited when he opens (or Lexi opens) his presents.  He is such a cutie!  We had a very good Christmas!  It was such a good day visiting with all of our family.

~The Ropelato Christmas Party~

Tis the season for family parties!  Jeff and Becky hosted the Ropelato family Christmas party this year.  The kids had a blast playing with all of their cousins.

Jasmin, Mckell, and Hayley.

A special visitor came, Santa!  And he brought all of the kids socks.

I was looking for Garrett and totally missed Mckell sitting on Santa's lap :(  So that is why I don't have a picture of her.

Larry, Dave, and Brent.

After our visit from Santa, the kids got all dressed up to do the Nativity.  Hunter wasn't thrilled, but I told him he has to participate in it until he is in Jr. High.  He was a good sport.

We had lots and lots of angels.  As you can see, the Ropelato's have plenty of girls.

Garrett was a wiseman.

I don't know if Jerry realized he was sitting right in the middle of the Nativity play that the kids were doing, lol.  Dave joked that he was the king. :)

~Wangsgard Family Christmas Party!~

During the holiday's our house has seemed to be party central.  We had the Wangsgard family over for a Christmas party.  It was a full house, and was a lot of fun visiting with everyone.

For some reason, Lexi, Paislee, and Garrett wanted to play under one of the food tables. ??? Who knows why, but they were having fun.

Lexi was such a good helper with Garrett this year.  She was all over making sure he knew how to open his presents.  If he was too slow, she just did it for him :)

Garrett got a bunch of monsters.

Garrett is so funny.  He growls when he sees scary things.  He was so cute growling at his monsters. :)

Lexi got some little toys from the movie Frozen.  As you can see, she was so excited!

Mckell got a Kandama.  She and Hunter both have been asking for them for a while now.

Hunter also got a Kandama.  He is really good at it.  He makes it look so easy.

Then the adults played the gift exchange game.  This is a favorite at the Wangsgard Christmas party.

I love the holidays!