Christmas came, just the same.

Actually, Christmas a little different this year ;) We normally spend the night either at my Mom's or with Tanner's family. With two kids, we are a bit of a pain and didn't want to displace anyone. So, we slept at our house. With our undecorated Christmas tree. See I had a bit of a hard time getting into the Holiday spirit this year. I really wasn't feeling it. I didn't get any decorations out until a week ago....and even then it was very few and out of guilt. I'm not sure why. I felt pretty grinchy. We arrived at the Bells in time to talk to Elder TayTay.....yeah...the one that will be home in ONE week. The girls were troopers and hung in there pretty well considering they didn't get to eat or open their present on Christmas morning until around 11:00!!

Pretend like this is a happy face , it's all I could get ;)

Leila wasn't quite sure what to make of it all....she loved the wrapping paper. And her bottle.

And Maci's castle! The best Daddy in the world found this monstrous box at work about a week ago and immediately thought of his Girls. He had big plans to turn it in to a castle for his princesses....and stayed up doing so until about 3:00 this morning ;) Which worked out okay since Mrs. Claus was up wrapping gifts anyways....it made for great conversation.

They were SO excited when they saw it....I'd dare say it was the favorite of the day!

Complete with shiny silver paint, heart decor, a WORKING drawbridge and windows. Way to go Daddy :) You win.

Maci got a Big Girl bike.....which was cool for about 2 minutes until she saw her castle.

Tryin' out the new trampoline

Leila was more interested in Maci's bike than Maci was :)

Back home later that night....with our undecorated Christmas tree....Mom and Han came over and brought lots of Holiday cheer. Maci and Leila were ecstatic to see them. It was the perfect end to a great day.

Merry Christmas!