Meek Family Memories: Christmas Blessings 2011

The next morning, Christian and I woke up so excited! We couldn't wait any longer, so at 7:30 we went and woke the kids up.

As soon as Mason was up, he said "Santa didn't come." And we told him to go look and see if he had!

And, he sure did! There were way more presents everywhere than when the kids went to sleep the night before!

Immediately, Mason spotted his Dune Racer!

And, Morgan went straight to her chair!

It was cute that they both knew exactly what was theirs of the two unwrapped gifts.

Then we had to check out the house!

Yep, he ate his cookies and drank his milk!

And, Easiton had some letters that Santa left for the kids!

These letters were LEGIT!!

Mason looked at the address labels and found the one that had his name on it.

Then Morgan knew the other one was for her.

We read all about how proud Santa was of the kids for being so good this past year and the encouraging words for them to continue to be good for the coming year to stay on the good list.

Then we went to see if there were any footprints... And there were!!

There were footprints coming out of the fireplace and some going back in!

BIG ONES!!!

We got proof!! YES!!

Then the kids took off to play with their toys. I think their smiles say it all!

Little Miss is a dare devil! She kept standing and climbing all over her chair.

Then she went to check out Bubba's new ride.

I just love love love these two little munchkins to pieces!!

Then it was time to start opening presents.

Mason wanted to help all of us open our gifts, too.

We were all really happy with our gifts! We must have all been good this year!!

Mason always wants to spell out things on our laptop, so he was so excited that he got his own!

Right when the wrapping paper came off this box, Morgan knew it was her's. I'm not sure if it was all the pink things or what, but she could tell what was for her.

She started playing with her new kitchen right away.

It was so fun to watch the kids play with all their gifts as they opened them. And you better believe that every single gift had to be opened and played with before moving on to the next gift.

Mason was so sweet giving us all kisses and hugs and saying thank you to us.

After Mason opened his gifts up from Morgan, he gave her hugs and said "That was so nice, Sissy", in a soft and sweet voice.

Throughout the gift opening, Morgan kept climbing into her chair and taking a little break in it.

She was so cute with her little feet resting on her ottoman.

Then Morgan went down for her morning nap and Mason headed outside to test out his new car!

He was so cute racing around in his new robe all along the streets. Everyone that drove by would wave and smile really big!

He even took me for a ride!

Luckily I'm a little momma cause it was a tight squeeze in there!

And it went really fast even with me in it! Mason kept saying, "Are you scared, Mommy?!" And of course, I said I was and he thought it was hilarious! But then he was ready to have it all to himself and parked and said "Okay, get out."... Um. Excuse me you little stinker?!

At one point he stopped and said he had to go get something. He went inside and got some tools to put in the front bin and put on his construction helmet, goggles and work gloves.

I absolutely love this age!

Then Daddy got Mason's new remote control monster truck out and raced it with Mason in his Dune Racer. Boys will be boys at every age!

It looked like so much fun that I even tried it out! And I had a blast with it too!

After a couple hours of playing with all the new toys, we packed up and headed to my mom and dad's.

Here are my little sweetie pies last year on our way to my parent's for Christmas. So much change in just one year!

Once we got out to my parent's, the boys and I headed out to the field to shoot some clay pigeons.

One would toss the disks up and the other would shoot them.

It took Christian a few tries, but after that he was nailing them all!

They were all impressing me!

After a while, Mason came out and watched and even got to help toss the disks and help Daddy shoot the gun a couple times.

Once we got back inside, we had a special visitor! It was Santa delivering a few last presents!

Who wants a present?? I do, I do!!

The kids all got moving and noise making cubs.

The guys all got marshmellow guns.

And us girls got some cooking stuff. Nice work Santa!!

Then the whirlwind began as we all started opening up gifts.

Mom got us some way cute ear warmers!

The guys had fun playing Dad's new hunting game.

Then my dad handed out the most unexpected gifts of all time... Family inside joke.

Sis joined in, too!

They are in a very safe spot and will be until next year! :)

It was a really great Christmas this year. It was super fun with M & M being all over the place. I adore both of their ages and it could not have gone any better. We were able to spend time with both sides of families and had a great time with them all.

Christmas is always such a special time to spend with our loved ones. It's a season of great joy and it's a time of God showing His great love for us as we celebrate the birth of His son. What a special day in Bethlehem that must have been. Jesus' birth brought great joy to the world then and has continued to do so every moment since.