Christmas in Midland

What could be better than waking up while it's still dark and sitting in front of a beautiful Christmas tree, with piles of presents at its base? Getting a good picture of your kids doing it, that's what.

 

Christmas in Midland, always loud and wonderful and full of family.  Just one more reason to love having a big family!  Mimi and Papa came over and we made a grown-ups-only circle to open presents while the kids napped.

After that, we spent a ton of time trying to get a good picture of all 5 grandkids, with no luck.  The hold-out?  A VERY upset Charlotte.

We gave up on them and headed to the kitchen to eat, and see the boys model matching t-shirts. "Domingo Beisbol Academy." It's some inside joke, if you're curious you'll have to talk to them because I don't find it that funny.  But they sure do!

It was all too much for my sweet boy.  Look at that awesome chin roll!

After filling their bellies with lots of carbs, the kids ran off some steam outside. Food and fresh air turned Charlotte into a whole new child, and we took about 50 million pictures of the three oldest.  They were all in quite the silly mood!

Aunt Bonnie paid out the bribe after the shoot.  Then the kids got down to business and had a serious play session.  Charlotte and Carter were cheetahs.  Then Paige was amazed at Carter's break-dancing dump truck and wanted everyone to come see.  This is pretty much how they spent the rest of the visit - playing, eating, napping, and opening gobs of gifts.