our Christmas vacation (part two)

Christmas Morning at the Quincy’s

We spent Christmas morning in my parent’s home along with my parents (obviously), Jonathan, and the Kendalls.  It was fun, very nostalgic for Jenny and I to be in the same house being forced to eat our breakfast first in the same kitchen, and then lining up by age in the same hall to go in and see what Santa brought us in the same stockings we’ve had since we were babes.  This is where Christmas was magical for me.  Thanks for making it that way Mom and Dad!

{Here’s the early risers at the breakfast table.} {Jonathan and Sophie, the earliest risers waiting for the rest of us to finish eating so we could go into see the presents together.}

 

And in regular Christmas fashion, there was one who didn’t want to get up as early as the rest of us in the morning… any guesses who it was???  In his defense, poor Dan had been up coughing most of the night and did NOT feel well.  But I guilted him into coming asked him nicely to come up so he could see his kids open their presents from Santa. :)  Look at those poor tired eyes, he’s a good guy.

 

Anyway, onto the LOOT!  I was so happy to finally be able to give my girls the gifts I had bought them.  It’s hard to wait!

{Rockstar Sophie loves her toy guitar.} {Dean, loves this airplane of course because it has WHEELS.}

{Tessa hugging her Ariel barbie, she brings her to bed most every night these days. Ariel is her favorite princess, either her or Cinderlla.}  {Tessa, multi-tasking.  That’s a wooden pizza she’s holding, btw.}

 

{Sophie opening her much-desired, and long-talked-about little horses.  They’ve had a LOT of play time since this day.} {I love this picture of Jenny and James because they have such an obviously opposite reaction to watching the same thing. Too funny.}

The girls made time for some lip gloss application… got to have pretty lips for all those Christmas pictures!

Santa introduced them to something new and wonderful, Ring Pops!!

Time to stop and give Grandpa and Grandma some love.

{Here’s Mom reading the sticky note on the calendar I gave her indicating the due date of our next baby, thanks for the idea Ann! Do you think we surprised her?  I think so, although she’s always really animated.}  {Sophie, just being her beautiful self.}

{Soph playing Candyland with Grandma.}

Such a fun morning!  I do love Christmas.  I hope your Christmas was full of just as much love and joy as ours.

This post is long enough already, so I think I’ll do a another one for Christmas afternoon/evening with the Chapman family.