Christmas!!

we started celebrating on Christmas Eve

with michael's family 

normally the big Christmas Eve party is in washington

but so many of us were down in utah, we had one here

it was a lot of fun

but a little scary driving there

 we ate lots of good food, and acted out the nativity twice

we also did the traditional white elephant gift exchange

it's always so much fun

then we came home

and michael and i stayed up wrapping presents

between us and michael's family

the kids were spoiled!

i don't even know where we'll put all their new toys

 opening stockings

 and their presents from santa

somehow our kids believe in santa this year despite me telling them he's not real every year before this

if they want to believe, they can

i just didn't want to lie to them or confuse them

i love this face

 hazel and olive got a couple new barbies

and lots of barbie clothes for the clothes-less barbies i bought them at DI

 grandpa olson opening a gift

 eleanor has been pretty fussy with a cold

but she did enjoy her new presents

 new pjs!!

noah got a little cuddly and tired and then suddenly had a fever over 102 degrees

kind of a bummer

but he still had a good day

a nap and tylenol seemed to help a lot

 uncle kyle even came down to spend Christmas with us

and spoiled us like usual 

he got us an xbox 360 with kinect 

we're still trying to figure it out..

we had a really nice dinner at our house

and had lots of fun playing cards

we hope you all had a very merry Christmas, too!