Here are some photos of our Christmas morning. My parent's tree was stuffed and overflowing!! We all love to wrap as many gifts as we can, even if we separate all the smaller pieces! It is always exciting to open gifts!
Santa left Hailey a farm playhouse with ponies (her favorite)!
Santa left Kyle and I are good amount of treats in our stockings as well.
Every year, my family takes an orderly approach to opening gifts. They are first separated out, and then we take turns unwrapping a gift while everyone watches. Opening gifts on Christmas "morning" lasted until 3 p.m., we love it!
Hailey was getting pretty good after a few tries of tearing the paper...
This is an entire box of small puzzle erasers. Apparently they are a big hit in middle school with the 10-13 year olds.
Hailey wasn't much for photos that morning...too busy checking everything out!
One of the big highlights was my brother, Daniel's generous gift to my mom and dad. He bought them a stereo surround system, blu-ray player and the entire collection of Harry Potter DVD's. (Maybe that last was more for him...)
Hailey got a great gift from Grandma Carlson, a collapsible princess tent! She LOVES it, here she is dragging her new baby doll from Grandma Monson through it!
My gift to Steph was ice-skating at the Winterhawks arena! We can't wait to go!
Hailey's Great-Grandma Carlson gave Hailey a toy that plays music and pops balls into the air. Hailey figured out where to put the balls quickly. It entertains her for more than a few minutes...awesome!
One of my favorite gifts was from my dad...er...Santa. This pretty necklace holds Hailey's birthstone (Sapphire), and I love the design. It is already quite special to me. Thanks DAD!
My siblings all went in together to buy Hailey a gift. It is a push and pull popper which she takes around the house like she is vacuuming. It is funny to watch her push it back and forth, back and forth. Hopefully this means she'll LOVE to vacuum when she's older! (right...)
Before bed on Christmas day, we found Hailey back in her tent at home reading one of her new books. I love that she reads!
We had an awesome Christmas! We were blessed to receive so many things that we aren't able to buy ourselves, and every year I say we were spoiled and it was true in 2010 as well! My Grandma & Grandpa Anderson gave each of us, including Hailey, some spending money and everyone knows I LOVE to spend-I mean SHOP! :) Thank you Grandma!!
This year was fun, we had a toddler to celebrate with, which made our holiday so special. I can't wait to carry on the family togetherness and fun this holiday brings to us. Merry Christmas!
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