Celebrating "HALF" of Christmas early!!!

We're lucky to be able to spend Christmas this year with Chris' family. With his work schedule at the airport being "all over the place" he has a crazy schedule and long 12 hour days so we were very excited to find out that he'd get Christmas Eve day and Christmas day off. He's going to have to come back to Boise on Christmas night to work on Friday but then he'll go back to Burley on Friday night and be able to spend Saturday and Sunday there also. It's going to be a great time as all of us "kids" will be back together with the family again. It will be the first time in 3 years since we've all been together.

Because we're going to Chris' parents house we can't fit all of the gifts in our car plus our luggage and baby "stuff" so we decided to have an early Christmas opening the gifts from my family. Sunday we stayed home from church, unfortunately because I have bursitis in my arm and it was killing me and we both really needed some rest (Chris has been up since 4 am the past three days and I hadn't slept more than a couple hours a night for the past several days). Anyhow, because it was the sabbath we thought it was the perfect morning for some nice family time before Chris had to get back to work again in the afternoon.

Brady was very excited to open his gifts and stacked them all in a neat pile. Olivia liked her gifts too, although she has no clue what she got! And of course, Chris and I were also grateful for our gifts. Thanks Mom and Dad Morgan for your thoughtfulness and love!!! We miss you and love you!

(Aunt Linda got Brady these cool dinosaur pencils and erasers!)

Yeah! Another pair of boots that we're sure will go many places!!!

Meeting "The BIG Guy!!!" Brady's visit with Santa:

"I want....."

And last of all... Brady's FIRST Gingerbread house

(well, actually Graham cracker house)