Ho! Ho! Ho!

Christmas Eve night was full of interruptions.  Roxy had a barking fit around 11:30.  Daniel woke up around 2:30 am too excited to fall back asleep.  William was up around 4:00 am.  Finally, at 5:50 am, Daniel, William, and John were up and in the bed.  Philip followed shortly after that.

We held them off until about 6:30 am, when we allowed them to wake Dee and head downstairs to see what Santa had brought.

he really wanted his very own Lego set!

For a little while, they were content to play with Santa's gifts...

but before long, we were tearing open packages with unbelievable speed!

The last gift came from Mom and Dad!  A new basketball...and a new goal outside!

We had a little bit of time to play and get dressed (for some of us...Pinchy stayed in his Christmas jammies all day!) before GranGran and PopPop joined us for brunch.

After brunch, the boys played outside while PopPop and Dad put together the new basketball goal.  GranGran (who I failed to get a single picture of :( ), Dee, and I hung out by the fire watching Christmas movies.

Finally, the goal was ready and the boys had a blast playing.  I'm not sure who was more excited...them or Dad!

Somebody needed a nap after all of his hard work!!

Dinner consisted of hot chocolate and leftovers!!  We were all ready for our bed after hours of excitement.

 Great Christmas memories with these little guys!