Merry Merry Christmas!

A late night and early morning. make for a fun Christmas...right? Everyone woke up at Mimi and Papa's house a little after eight. There were two very excited kiddos. We made them wait at the top of the stairs...had to double check that Santa actually came!

Yep...he sure did and left them his annual note. Looks like he sure was hungry too!

Wow...he must have required a big sleigh to haul all of these gifts!

First everyone opens their stockings. Mimi always puts a few extra surprises in everyone's stocking, so this is actually one of my favorite parts of the day.

Then it's presents time. I have probably 200 more pictures...but these are a few of my favorites.

There will be another little "Rechtoris" next year!  Mimi made the new baby something perfect for next football season...I think they loved it!

Annual PJ picture...can you see Nick's excitement!

Time to PLAY!!! New AG camper, lego tables, CARS accessories...

After a great lunch we played some more and got some pictures.

So thankful for all the wonderful memories we were able to make with everyone and HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!

Merry Merry Christmas...Eve

This year we got to spend Christmas Eve with the Morrows!  This is when they do their "big" family celebration, so we were able to spend time with all of the cousins, which was a lot of fun for the kids.

Granny and Pop always love to give the grandkids their presents separate from everyone else...like it's their own special moment. Ava was beyond excited to get a Kindle Fire and BB of course was in heaven with a new CARS scooter and accessories.

It's always time to play and act silly when Uncle Adam is around....geez look at his hair!

I did PJ's for all the grandbabies...this was at the very end of the night after everyone left, so to say they were DONE is an understatement.

After we left Granny and Pops we headed to Cornelia to Mimi and Papa's house. They sprinkled their reindeer food...

Put their PJ's back on and made hot chocolate and cookies for Santa.

Ava wrote a letter to Santa...BB signed his name. It won't be long until he's writing a letter of his own.

Then it was off to bed!