Merry Christmas!!!!

Merry Christmas to you all! Here are some shots of us opening gifts this morning. The kids were so excited to see all the gifts waiting for them and dove right in. You will see that my eyes are closed in one of the pictures. Was I awake today or what? Hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Christmas Eve

I have such a greater appreciation for parents now that I am one and have passed through several sleepless Christmas Eves. Last night I stayed up until 2am wrapping gifts and doing some last minute things to make Christmas a memorable experience. Despite being sleep deprived, we all had a wonderful time. We had Cedric's family visiting from NY. On Christmas Eve, we had close family over, including my brother and his wife and daughter. We have started a familiy tradition of reinacting the story of the birth of Christ. We all had a lot of fun and enjoyed one another's company. Some of our costumes were makeshift (especially G's), but that added to the amusement of it all. After dinner, we all get dressed in our p.j.'s and head out to see Christmas lights. Every year, we pray that Daddy doesn't get pulled over and frisked because he always wears his embarrassing (and tight) bright red "sugar daddy" pajamas. Wish I had a pic to show. Well, Merry Christmas, everyone! So grateful for our Savior and this time to celebrate his birth!

Breakfast with Santa

The kids got all dressed up to see the big man, Santa. They were so excited to tell him what they wanted. When we got there, T was all over that. She, of course, wanted to tell him that she wanted a big pink diamond ring that sparkled (feel sorry for the guy who's going to have to keep up with this high maitenance girl)! She went right up to Santa and verbally ran off her list from memory. G was a different story. He wanted Transformers and was too shy to tell Santa, so tried to get me to do it. Santa finally said he had to hear it straight from him, so he whispered it in his ear. M wouldn't touch Santa with a 10 ft. pole! Here are some pics of our fun time!

December...Busiest Month of the Year!

I had no idea I would fall this far behind in posting. Tis the season for giving, which means shopping, shopping, shopping! Which means no time for anything! Now I am going to give you Moran overload. Here are some pictures of the kids goofing off. T and M love to play hide and seek in the cabinets. The others are just of the kids striking a pose around the house. I think I'm just adding anything to make up for the time I didn't post anything...here ya go!

First Snow!

I have never seen the kids more excited than today. As soon as they woke up, they looked outside and it was a winter wonderland. To Gavin's disappointment, school was still up and running, so he had to go. He made up for all the lost time when he got home though! The kids played for probably 2 hours with their friends in the freezing weather. We have a huge hill in our backyard that is perfect for sledding. They probably would have stayed out there forever, if it hadn't been for the fact that their fingers and toes were going numb! Here are some pics of my little snow angels. Gotta love the before and after of G on the sled.