December, Part 3: Christmas!

Above: David the Elf finally let Peter hold him and play with him on Christmas Eve. He also introduced Peter to his Christmas Eve stuffed animal--a cute and cuddly German Shepherd puppy.

Above: Peter was pretty pleased.

Above: This guy thrives off of days like Christmas Eve.

Above: Here is Peter taking a picture with his German Shepherd puppy, Dad's Alaskan Huskie, and Mom's peacock. Mom and Dad don't usually get stuffed animals, but this year, Mom couldn't quite narrow it down.

Above: My sweet Johnny got a Golden Retriever puppy dog. I look pretty scary, but it's because I got up early to exercise.

Above: This guy is huggable!

Above: This guy loves puppies!

Above: Here are the boys modeling their Christmas Eve pajamas.

Above: Johnny would NOT pose for the camera. It was pretty hard to get this picture of Johnny in his new pajamas.

Above: Peter was being much more cooperative.

Above: I love these guys.

Above: Carrying on the tradition of the magic ribbon.

Above: The layout. Good job Santa and Mom.

Jeremiah had a pretty rough day. We're not exactly sure what hit him. He had a fever, he said his tooth hurt, etc. So, while we had a good day, it wasn't exactly what we had been hoping for or expecting. The bishop came by after we had put the boys to bed to give Jeremiah a blessing. He blessed Jeremiah to be healed so we could enjoy the holiday. Jeremiah's fever broke just before the boys woke up on Christmas morning.

Above: Here are the boys checking out their haul from Santa on Christmas morning.

Above: Peter got some Skylanders figurines and a Skylanders shirt from Santa and Johnny got some puppies and a puppy shirt from Santa. 

Above: Johnny, true to form, was too hungry to continue opening presents without first dipping into his stocking for something to tide him over.

Above: Peter gave the morning a thumbs up.

Above: "Cheese!"

Above: Doing a happy dance to celebrate.

Above: Johnny got a monster truck too. Good times!

Above: We got Despicable Me 2 as a Washburn family present.

Above: Next up? Nammy's and Grandpa Niel's house. Nammy was too good to us.

Above: More Skylander's? It's a Christmas miracle...for Pete!

Above: Then we headed off to see Dad and Rhonda.

Above: Grandpa sure picks out some fun presents.

Above: The badge on Dad's shirt says, "Does this shirt make me look fat?" I would say "Jolly."

Above: After Grandpa and Rhonda's house, we went home for a little nap/quiet time. That evening, we went to see Mimi and Papa.

Above: It was a great Christmas. Besides Dad getting sick, we couldn't have asked for a better one.