Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas morning had to be my biggest anticipation this year. I was informed by Santa that Cali & Brooke would be getting the Disney Princesses Castle & also a Princesses tunnel thing so I just couldn't wait to see their faces when they saw their stuff. I wanted to see their faces so bad, in fact, that we made the girls sleep in our room Christmas Eve night just so I was assured that Cali wouldn't get to the living room before us! :o)

This is posted to YouTube, but here's the video I took of their first peek at what Santa brought them:

And here's the day in pictures:

Here's THE Disney Princesses Castle. Notice all the hundreds of tiny pieces that Santa had to put together. I have a feeling it took him a solid hour, with a helper, & that it was a huge pain in the you-know-where. I also have a feeling that he would never put another one together & that he took all the super tiny miniature small pieces & put them in a plastic baggie so the girls can't find it. Just sayin'.

But with all that work....Cali LOVES it!

After we got up & opened the stockings, we got ready & went to church. After church we ran home, changed our clothes, & went to Dustin's parents' house. Without a genuine miracle this will be Dustin's dad's last Christmas so we wanted to spend as much time over there with them that we could. We opened presents, ate, & visited until about 7pm. It was a good day at their house!

Here's Cali at Dustin's parents' house dressed up as Belle in her new Princesses dress up clothes.

After Dustin's parents' house, we came back to our house, where my parents & brothers were waiting for us, & opened ALL our presents! So yes, it was a VERY long day...but super fun!!

Cali, opening up a present as big as her!

Brooke even loved the castle too!

Cali & Brooke's grandpa Gary got them matching Scooby Doo costumes...so they just HAD to try them on! They were soooo cute.

Here's the girls Monday morning trying on their costumes again!

...and playing in their tunnel again. This picture (& the static) just cracked me up!

And here's Cali, the bride, who put on her own dress-up clothes & came in to surprise me. She was so darn cute!