Jackson had such a hard time falling asleep because he was so excited about Santa Claus coming. He told me he was going to listen for Santa Claus & then run out & see him. He finally went to sleep around 10:30. Hallie was the first one to wake up in the morning at about 8:00 a.m. I told her to go downstairs & wake up Morgan & Jackson and tell them that Santa had come. Within a couple of minutes we could hear Morgan & Jackson running into the leaving room & saying, "He Came! He Came!" They then came running into our room & jumped on our bed-landing on Brian in the process. :) We had such a nice Christmas morning. I love seeing the excitment of the kids & I love giving gifts to Brian. After a yummy breakfast, Morgan rode out on Jackson's new bike. We won it from a drawing when we went to see Santa Claus a couple of weeks earlier. Santa & Mommy & Daddy already had enough presents for Jackson so we thought it might be nice to have Morgan give Jackson the bike as her gift to him. (Hopefully to lessen any envy) She was so sweet & excited all week to give it to him & see his reaction. Morgan did a great job & keeping it a surprise & didn't tell him anything about it. After the bike, we told the kids we had one more thing for them. Hallie closed her eyes in hope that it was a bike for her. Ooops-maybe next year. We gave them each a wrapped Book of Mormon with their names on it. When they had each opened theirs, Hallie said, " Ahh- you gave me a Book of Mormon?! Thanks Mommy & Daddy- I love it!" Now that is my kind of reaction for a gift. :)
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I love Hallie's HUGE smiles! Glad you had a great Christmas. It would have been a nice present to NOT have the guys' job move far, far away :)
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