The presents were wrapped and the the kids were in bed and David and I crawled into bed ready for a long winter's nap. 
But the children were so excited they could hardly wait and as soon as the clock in their room turned 7am they were running into our room and telling us it was time to get up. David takes his sweet time getting up and putting on his glasses while the children jump up and down on our bed. Santa was really good to us this year. The kids all came upstairs one by one starting with the youngest. The older kids could hear screams of delight and couldn't wait to see what they were getting. Santa brought Eric a camera that he took 207 pictures just on Christmas day.
Emma got her ripstick that she has been begging for.
Heidi got her I-home.
Meagan got a new camera also. 
They all got a few more presents and were so happy. We decided to only give 5 presents and they weren't disappointed or upset. They told us just great mom and dad. We don't care and I think they really meant it. Meagan and Heidi were excited to get ripsticks also.
Heidi also got a coupon to get her ears pierced. 
Emma got her own I-pod
and Eric got everything Scooby-Doo.
We had a great morning. After we played for a while and decided to get ready we went down to Aunt Renee and Uncle Adam's house to see our other grandparents and have dinner with all the aunts and uncles and cousins on Tracey's side. We went to Adam's restaurant to have dinner. 
Since the restaurant was closed we had the entire thing to play in. The cousins played hide and seek and lots of other games.
The guys watched football and the sisters all just talked
. Then we went back to Aunt Renee's house to have the annual cousins gift exchange. The kids love this every year.
We also did the adult exchange. The kids loved all the presents from the cousins and thanks Aunt Tino for the movie tickets, the hymnbook and the beautiful picture of the Sacred Grove. We love it all!!! We couldn't leave until the kids played "Rock Band" a few times.
We had a great time. Thanks again Uncle Adam for letting us use the restaurant.
But the children were so excited they could hardly wait and as soon as the clock in their room turned 7am they were running into our room and telling us it was time to get up. David takes his sweet time getting up and putting on his glasses while the children jump up and down on our bed. Santa was really good to us this year. The kids all came upstairs one by one starting with the youngest. The older kids could hear screams of delight and couldn't wait to see what they were getting. Santa brought Eric a camera that he took 207 pictures just on Christmas day. Emma got her ripstick that she has been begging for. Heidi got her I-home. Meagan got a new camera also. They all got a few more presents and were so happy. We decided to only give 5 presents and they weren't disappointed or upset. They told us just great mom and dad. We don't care and I think they really meant it. Meagan and Heidi were excited to get ripsticks also. Heidi also got a coupon to get her ears pierced. Emma got her own I-pod and Eric got everything Scooby-Doo. We had a great morning. After we played for a while and decided to get ready we went down to Aunt Renee and Uncle Adam's house to see our other grandparents and have dinner with all the aunts and uncles and cousins on Tracey's side. We went to Adam's restaurant to have dinner. Since the restaurant was closed we had the entire thing to play in. The cousins played hide and seek and lots of other games. The guys watched football and the sisters all just talked. Then we went back to Aunt Renee's house to have the annual cousins gift exchange. The kids love this every year. We also did the adult exchange. The kids loved all the presents from the cousins and thanks Aunt Tino for the movie tickets, the hymnbook and the beautiful picture of the Sacred Grove. We love it all!!! We couldn't leave until the kids played "Rock Band" a few times.We had a great time. Thanks again Uncle Adam for letting us use the restaurant.
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Wow! A whole restaurant to yourselves...that's a perfect way to do it. Love the picture of all the cousins having a good time together. Glad you got to be with everyone for Christmas. Thanks again for taking our Christmas cards to the US so they could get mailed from there. You guys are great couriers!
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