Christmas

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Day!!! We sure did. I was away from my family most of Christmas Eve because I played violin at our church services. We had 2 services, plus practice so that's what kept me away. But Kevin and the girls came to one of the services so I got to see them before and after.

I was like a little kid on Christmas Eve...I couldn't sleep well. I kept waking up wondering if it was time to get up and do gifts. I think I was very excited to see the girls' reaction. This seems to be the first year Sydney really gets the anticipation. And...Kevin made some really cool gifts for the girls!

Anyway, first I want to show you what I got!

Seriously. A new iron so I can iron Kevin's dress shirts for work - aren't I blessed?
(This was kind of a joke...my old iron had a short in the cord and was somewhat a safety hazard so I needed a new one. Don't worry...he got me other gifts, too!)

And the girls saw this birdhouse at Lowe's and thought it looked like the Wonder Pets school house so this is what they picked out for me. They got Linny and Ming Ming in their stockings.


Here is my beautiful Syd on Christmas Eve


Now...this is the very cool volcano / lake play area that Kevin made for Sydney. She was so excited. Last year he made her a "treehouse" for her animals and dinosaurs and this year, when playing together, they talked about how cool it would be to have a lake and a mountain/volcano too. So that was the inspiration.




Two years ago he made Syd a dollhouse, but it was very small and wouldn't hold much furniture. We had all this nice furniture, so this year he made Kayleigh a nice doll house.