Christmas time!

Bodhi knows exactly what to do...

Christmas went over pretty well at our place.  We had our little family Christmas at home first where the kids opened their gifts from us and Santa, then we went to Sherry's house for the bigger, full-family Christmas.

... Kira seems a little uncertain.

After opening even more presents and having a huge Christmas dinner we got to hang out with the family and chat for a while.  Some of us ended up staying the night, partly to extend the festivities and partly to help clean the amazing mess we'd managed to make.  The next day, after breakfast, we headed up north to visit my family in Bakersfield. 

Better than rolling in a pile of money, when you're a kid.

Unfortunately, we ran into traffic that turned a 1 1/2 hour trip into a 3 1/2 hour trip.  The kids were super good though: Kira slept most of the time and Bodhi played with toys, read books and talked with us for the whole ride.  We really are lucky in that respect.

How are we going to fit all this stuff in the car? 

We had yet another big meal and opened even more presents at my parents' place then stayed to chat with my family and then headed back home.  The only further difficulty we had for the ride home was trying to find enough room in the car for the gifts for the kids from Jen's family and my family.

Kira had a great first-Christmas!

Of course, once we got home we had to try to find room for all the loot at our place, too.  Oh well, if you've got to have problems at Christmas, I suppose having too many presents is a good one to have.  Merry Christmas, everyone!