Christmas Day

We woke up to the lights on the hooks where our stockings were hung Christmas morning.

Hannah was very excited to look into her stocking!

Fun stuff in the stocking on Christmas morning!

Noah was excited to look into his stocking, but he was more excited about the little wrapped box next to his stocking.

Lego Minecraft, The Nethers. Just what Noah wanted from Santa!

Hannah asked Santa for an iPad and a teddy bear. Although Mom & Dad warned her that Santa probably won't get her an iPad (especially when she had gotten a Kindle for her birthday), she was still disappointed to get just a teddy bear until Daddy pointed out how soft & cuddly her new friend was.

The new teddy bear wasn't exactly what she wanted, but Hannah loves her and named her Noelle.

After breakfast and a swim (in a COLD pool and lukewarm hot tub), we headed out to Grandma & Grandpa's house for Christmas.

We got to open gifts (and got some fun things from Grandma & Grandpa), had Christmas dinner with Grandpa, Grandma and Noah &Hannah's cousin Michael.

After talking with Grandma for a while, Noah & Hannah decided to go out and check out the horses.

Hannah was very comfortable petting the horse and walked up next to daddy to pet Grandma's horse.

Petting Chet.

Then Noah & Hannah each got to ride the horse.

Riding Chet with Grandma's assistance

Grandma leading Chet with Noah on his back

Riding the horse was fun, though Hannah said it was really weird to ride the horse without a saddle since she'd only ridden little ponies and had always had a saddle.

The rest of the day was just hanging out with Grandma & Grandma. Grandma enjoyed getting to talk to Noah & Hannah since we don't see her often, and Grandpa enjoyed getting to chat with Daddy since they don't see each other often.

We had a long, fun Christmas day, but it was a Merry Christmas.

Noah &Hannah