ZRT: Merry Christmas

On Wednesday afternoon we went over to Rich & Laura's house to exchange gifts and drop the boys off for a sleepover. The boys got lots of fun things from Nanny & Poppy along with a Toy Story wearable blanket from Dani. They had fun playing with Haleigh and got to go out and see lots of decorated houses that night. Ben and I went to dinner at Jerry's Seafood where his other sister Ginnie works. Then we went home and wrapped gifts.

Remote control cars from Nanny & Poppy

Toy Story Legos

On Thursday evening we let the boys open gifts from Saba and Peg which came in the mail from NH. They had fun unwrapping and seeing what they got.

Stuffed animal from Ben's grandmother

On Friday we packed up the car and headed out around noon. We arrived at my grandparents' house around 1pm to exchange gifts with them. The boys were really into unwrapping gifts this year!

We left their house around 3pm and then headed to Tracy & Dave's house to exchange gifts with them. Kyle had to fight with Bandit to get to open his gifts which wasn't too bad this year, but next year when Kyle wants to unwrap it could be a problem.

Around 5pm Tracy, Kyle & I went to church for mass. At the same time Ben took the boys to drop off gifts to Chelley and then made a stop at Colleen's as well. The boys were excited that Jamison & Joey were home and they could open more gifts. After they left Colleen's they went to eat dinner at McDonalds and play for a bit before picking me up from Tracy's house.

We got home sometime around 8:30pm and the boys went straight to bed. Ben and I then brought all of the presents out to put under the tree and stuff the stockings.

On Christmas morning the boys slept until about 7:15am which is later than normal so that was nice. The boys were very excited to come downstairs and see what Santa brought for them! We did have them eat a few doughnuts and drink milk before unwrapping.

Ryder got Stinky from Santa

Zak got roller skates from Santa

Ryder with his Tag

Ryder with his Alphie from Grammy & Pops

(my mom & Chuck)

Zak got a cash register from my mom and & Chuck. However, it became a huge issue when we opened it because there were so many pieces missing along with it being obvious it had been played with (glue and glitter all over it). So we had to put it away which caused Zak to get very upset!

Candy jar that Zak made for Ben

Zak playing a game on his V Motion

This morning we were up and in the car by 7:45am to return Zak's cash register and try to find him a new one. We returned it to TRU and then found a new one at Target. Then we made a stop at BJs for some dog food along with other groceries for us.