Joyeux Noel

Of course, Sam was the first one up this morning! Scott made some coffee, and then we allowed the boys to start with their stockings (from Santa). Check out Sam's Notre Dame earmuffs~
Charlie with his annual nutcracker - he's a rock star~

And here comes sleepy-head, usually the first one up~

Charlie gave Sam some much coveted Bakugan~

Inside this bag is some candy Sam gave to his brother - I love his hand writing~

Pretty happy with their score - Charlie put on his "Something to Wear" immediately~

Mary gets into the action with her "Something to Read" ~

Opening together the much anticipated "family game" ~

They are all thrilled with the set~

Mary with her "Something You Need" - recycled puzzles (from both Charlie and Sam's toddlerhood)~

Before we headed off to church, Mary helped me with the pineapple upside down cake~

After church Grandpa joined us for our "southern" Christmas feast~

And then he stayed for some rounds of poker~

The card shark~

Raking it in~

All in all it was a pretty great Christmas!