It's Christmas!! (Morning)

 Oh the joy of Christmas morning when you're a kid!  It's probably the only morning that you know that if you wake up early, you won't get sent back to bed!  (Unless you were like I was when I was a kid and then you did because 4:30 a.m. is too early, even on Christmas!)

Everyone pretty much got up around their normal early-bird time and were all very happy to see what Santa had brought them!  (In our house, Santa brings one "big" gift.  The other gifts are from Mom/Dad/siblings/grandparents b/c, hey, Santa sure isn't getting ALL the credit!)  This year the big kids each got Lego sets that they'd wanted.  We love it when Santa brings Legos b/c it gives the kids something fun to do in the afternoon while the littles are napping!

It was a great morning and everyone enjoyed exchanging gifts with one another :-).

 Juliana enjoyed her Little Peoples castle and Minnie Mouse horse stable.  

(Kari's Barbie camper is in the background.)

 Kari LOVED her gift from Grandma and Grandpa Lindseth--a great, big, stuffed animal with lots of zippers and pockets for her to put "special" things in (and then forgetting all about them).

Britta's first Christmas.
She was a little shell-shocked by all of the unbridled avarice going on.

Christian loved his new Ronaldo jersey and shorts that he got.

And I loved my new wellies!

The only picture of all four big kids together
--they were going in all different directions the rest of the day!

Daddy and Britta, opening a gift or two as well!