Christmas Day 2010

Christmas 2010 was pretty much the most awesome day ever. The kids were so excited, they slept all night, they were good and they were thankful. The girls got up at 5:45 to crawl in bed with us and wait for Adam to get up.





Adam got up around 6:30 and we made it out to the front room for stockings.















Santa even left everybody a note.















We opened our stocking stuffers and waited for Grandma and Papa to come over before going downstairs. 6:45 we were headed down.

























We had a great time opening tons of presents from Santa.






















Layla somehow got her Ariel and Flounder first. It was the only thing she asked for this year.
























Hannah got her Dolphin pillow pet.












Adam got the Fly Boat.













How cute is this picture?

The girls got new night gowns that are sweet.

Adam got a tricycle which he already can ride pretty well. We can't wait to get it outside!

Spiderman bop it was a big hit for about 16 hours until it popped.

The instruments only lasted about 8 hours before being broke.

The new sax, clarinet and trumpet are in working order and a big hit. tick tock.

We just had a great morning. We made cinamon rolls and had coffee. Everyone was happy and we just had the best time playing all morning.

After naps Grandma and Papa came back over for afternoon Christmas. They brought all their gifts then so the kids got to start all over!

Hannah got Fur Real pets which she loves. It is the next best thing to having a real pet. Hopefully this holds her off a couple of years.









Adam got a remote control bus! He digs it. He got a million new cars and trucks and the car garage. Between all his new cars, etc. he entertained himself all day.

We are the proud owners of 7 pillow pets. I am thinking about selling some of them, but look how cute they all are.

Yes - it was pretty much the best Christmas ever. I know that there are great years to come, but this one will be one of my favorites forever.

Christmas Eve

We had a very relaxing Christmas Eve here at the Shockley's. Adam was up much of the night throwing up, which was really not fun. Hannah got up at 4:45 saying she felt bad too. We all did a lot of resting and playing today just in case the rest of us get hit soon.

We made some time for playing in the snow - it was awesome.

We let the kids open one present from us. Layla was the most excited with her Lion King movie!

Right before bed we got ready for Santa. Hannah was so excited she was almost crying. It was a very special day and she made us very excited too. It took a while for the girls to fall asleep because they kept hearing bells!

Busy in December

After Hannah's birthday week, we planned and threw a grown up party. It was great. Our kids spent the night at their grandparents and the snow overnight kept them there until afternoon. It was a nice day for us to get our house cleaned up and wrap Christmas presents. This weekend we had some big plans with Santa and a swimming birthday party.

Saturday night Hannah had an evening soccer game. We did lots of coloring and dancing.

Adam didn't like Santa. He did give him a high five right after this picture was taken and wished him a Merry Christmas.

The girls got to go to an indoor swimming party for an old friend of Hannah's. They were so excited to be swimming and had a great time. Right after they told us we had to leave, Layla started screaming and running away because she was so mad. Then she wiped out, hard. She recovered as soon as she got her treat bag.