Christmas in January

John and I haven't been in America for Christmas since we moved to East Asia in 2004. Since we were arriving in America fairly close to Christmas our families decided to celebrate with us when we got here. Kayleigh and Zeb had a blast! I have never seen so many presents in my life and neither had they. It was so fun to be in America and celebrate Christmas. I had forgotten what it was like.

Henry and Alana opening their presents from us.

A very jet-lagged Kayleigh with her new shopping cart.

Zeb with his new cars!

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas! It was really fun watching the kids open their new presents. Zeb received several trains which he loved! Kayleigh received a pink dress for her doll which she also loves. She claims that the baby doll will be a part of my sister's wedding in the spring. We will see if Holly goes for that! We had everyone over for brunch and then opening gifts. We did secret Santa. John and I both agreed that this was one of the best Christmas seasons we have had since we have been here. I think having so many kids around made it a lot of fun for us. Plus our Hong Kong trip was icing on the cake!

Kayleigh received a princess themed gift from her friend Brennan which included the Cinderella movie. She was really excited!

Zeb received this awesome truck to ride around on outside from his friends Bright and Zion.

Christmas Time!

This is Christmas Day when we had the Dean's over and had breakfast together.
We then opened presents together, Kayleigh went first and opened her gifts form us and from the Deans. She had a great morning as you can see.