It's Christmas!!!

Well, we weren't fortunate enough to have snow, but we were fortunate enough to have Mimi (Josh's mom) come into town, surprise the kids and spend the last two holidays of 2009 with us. She flew up from Dallas the afternoon of Christmas Eve and Landin was SO excited to see her. We tricked him by saying that Daddy had forgotten a bag at the airport and we had to go get it. His reply was, "Daddy, you're always forgetting stuff!" Hilarious! So we get to the airport, while I'm on the phone with Mimi asking if "the bag" was ready for pick up. When "the bag" was ready, she snuck up to the truck and opened the door and Landin just started beaming! Ashlynn was a little confused at first, but once she heard Mimi's voice, she knew just who it was and grinned from ear to ear. We got home and Landin was so excited to show Mimi his presents. We tried our best to call it an early night so that we could finish up with Santa stuff. Landin woke up early the next morning, which of course meant that no one else could be asleep, so we all got up and headed for the tree. Wouldn't you know...Santa left Landin a Spiderman fishing pole and Ashlynn got a pink rocking horse that talks. And that's where the mess began. The kids took turns opening presents. Landin of course helped Ashlynn understand what she was supposed to do. It was great. They both got spoiled and the room was filled with all new toys. The rest of the day was spent cooking our big Christmas dinner and playing with new toys and game. It was a perfect Christmas, even if we didn't have the snow!