christmas 08 part 1

after arriving at my in-laws christmas eve my bah humbugitis went away. mikes folks gave all of us some cash for christmas while kaylee got a pair of jammies + lots of crafty stuff. i'm sure we will be stuck inside for a few days straight from the cold so i'm saving them for those days. uncle nick liked his christmas present from us. he cracked up seeing a poster size of him hugging elmo. his girlfriend (julie) got him a new hat so he gave mike his old one. he was going to give ham the black one but decided that it might make his gf mad so he had to take it back. and mikes parents liked their digital camera. after a few hours with them we took of for mike's uncle steve's house (mikes mom side) to continue the christmas eve festivities. kaylee got money and a few other things and ham got more money.


it was really nice not having to drive back home in a snow storm this year. a few years back mike had to drive with his head out the window, that's how hard it was snowing.

kaylee didn't end up waking up till about 8ish christmas morning. she was really excited to see presents from santa and couldn't believe that it was finally christmas. she kept asking if "this day was christmas" while waiting for ham to join us. he made it around 9ish. both kids loved their presents. ham was surprised with the tv. that's an actual sincere smile on his face.

melts my heart to see it. nothing makes me happier than seeing my kids happy. it was a great christmas! mike liked his slippers from target and the poker chips that i got him besides his few stocking stuffers. i made breakfast for everyone and we just hung out checking out the toys and such till it was time to head over to my parents house. we've decided to wait to hook up ham's tv for the big move but it is in his room so he can admire it.