Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year. It was so fun seeing the kid's faces light up when they came out and saw all the fun presents. We snuck Austin and Ashley into Josh's room to get ready this morning. Then when they were all ready we let them come out at the same time. I'll have to try and post the video, it was pretty fun to see their little faces, they didn't know where to start first. It was also fun getting to skype with both set of granparents. We sure wish we could have celebrated with them, but I suppose skyping is the next best thing. It was a fun day and we hope you enjoy the photos.

Looks like Santa came by.

Josh LOVES trains, planes and automobiles (Isn't that a movie?)

Ashley loves her new baby. She likes to share the babies binkie!

Ashley LOVED the dino's, all morning she was carrying them around and growling!

Josh was so excited when he unwrapped some Junior Mints. He must get that from Grandma.

At first the kids weren't too sure what to do. They just wanted to play with whatever they opened. Pretty soon they, especially Ash, realized there was cool stuff under the wrapping paper. She was going nuts unwrapping stuff, looking at it for a second, and then hurrying on to the next one.

Sometimes they all wanted the same toy.

Austin loves talking on the phone. He carried this around for awhile. I wonder who he was talking to? Probably Grandpa!

This castle was a BIG hit. We set it up while the kids were napping (well, they were suppose to be napping) and surprised them with it when they got up. The twins were first up and they played for at least a half hour. It was so funny, we couldn't get them to come out.

Austin kind of has a thing for bouncy houses. I think he thought the castle was one at first. He tried to jump a bunch when he first got in there.

Ashley was having a great time running in and out looking at Austin through the windows.

The kids loved all the new books they got.

This is one of their favorite games. We got them a parachute and some cute ocean fish. Then we sing this silly song about the fish swimming in the ocean and eventually "splash" them really high. They have to run around and pick them up and we do it again. And again. It's a lot of fun and they all laugh like crazy when the fish "splash".

When Josh got up from his nap he was also excited to play in the castle. He liked opening the flap and yelling "Boo" to the twins.

One of Ashley's favorite gifts. This cute alphabet quiet book. Two of her favorite things.

We also got a few new puzzles. The kids love puzzle time!

Finally, it's bed time. The kids loved snuggling up in their new jammies from Grandma and Grandpa!