A Very Merry Christmas

And ohhh so exciting, starting on Christmas Eve, just before church, I let Kayli open her big gift from me...

so dressed exactly alike, Kayli and her doll, went with me to a totally awesome Christmas Eve (late afternoon) candlelight service. Later, at home, we enjoyed a Christmas Eve feast for two.

This morning, when we came downstairs, we found Tayli (our elf)  having a tea party with some of Kayli's "friends". So, tonight Kayli decided to finish the tea party, since this will officially be Tayli's last night in our house this year. Yep, Tayli has to head back to the North Pole. Kayli made sure to write a letter to Santa to make sure that Tayli will always get to come back to our house and be our "forever elf!"

later, it was time to put on jammies, and settle in for a good Christmas show before bed...

then it was time to sprinkle the reindeer food on the front lawn, and set out the milk and cookies for Santa...

and the next morning we came downstairs to find that Sant'a had left some really great gifts under our Christmas tree...

some sweet treats in our stockings, and some bones for Sprinkles...

and, after all the gifts had been opened, we discovered a hidden box with a message from Santa that read...

and as we raced to the garage to look for Tayli, we found her proudly seated in this totally awesome Barbie mustang!!!

Kayli was speechless, and so was Tayli!

Ohhhh man, this is a Happy Day!!!

And as I opened the garage for Kayli to take her new vehicle for a spin, we saw tiny bits of snow coming down from the sky! Brrr, it was a cold day for a convertible, but mabe just a spin around the cul-de-sac...

then, we need to get ready for stage two...a Christmas dinner and present exchange with all the cousins, Aunts, Uncles, and Grandpa...stay tuned.