We woke up around 7:30 on Christmas morning! We had every intention of sleeping in longer than that, but we always go up to my parents house after to open presents with them and they were starting at 8:30. But who are we kidding, we probably would've been up about that same time anyways. We're not really good at the whole sleeping in thing.
Santa came during the night and left our gifts under our sad/dead tree. Riley decided that the left over ribbon would be an appropriate tree topper. I honestly forgot about getting anything more fancy so it stayed through the holiday. Yay.
My parent's living room before opening gifts!
Cooper was a happy camper with his traditional arm sized bone. He didn't let it leave his sight all morning!
Benny got spoiled on Christmas, too! Santa knew exactly what treats he likes the most.
My dad bought Riley and I, and Carter a kayak! We are super excited to go out and use them once the weather turns nice! Of course Dad had to sit in one and test it out. Just to make sure it was good.
McKenna opened up her present from Elder Stringfellow very last. He sent her a few things, but her favorite was the university apparel from Georgia. She tried them on and stayed in them all day.
Later in the day (after taking a nice nap and playing around with our new toys, of course), we went up and visited my Grandpa Grose for a little bit. He is such a cute little Grandpa :)
After we went up to Dave and Julie's house and...this picture happened...we're the five best cousins that anyone could have. Hahahaha.
This Christmas we were spoiled completely rotten (same as every year though, really). We are so lucky to have family that lives close by and will host us for the holidays. This year we felt especially blessed to have the gospel in our lives, so we can remember the true meaning of Christmas.
The ceiling in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building is SO pretty!! The picture really doesn't do it justice.
I told Boston to make a cute face for a picture and this is what I got:
The weather wasn't too awful that night and we didn't freeze our butts off, which is always a plus! I'm glad we had the chance to get down there this year. Especially since downtown isn't just a few minutes away for our house anymore.
My parent's living room before opening gifts!
Cooper was a happy camper with his traditional arm sized bone. He didn't let it leave his sight all morning!
Benny got spoiled on Christmas, too! Santa knew exactly what treats he likes the most.
My dad bought Riley and I, and Carter a kayak! We are super excited to go out and use them once the weather turns nice! Of course Dad had to sit in one and test it out. Just to make sure it was good.
McKenna opened up her present from Elder Stringfellow very last. He sent her a few things, but her favorite was the university apparel from Georgia. She tried them on and stayed in them all day.
Later in the day (after taking a nice nap and playing around with our new toys, of course), we went up and visited my Grandpa Grose for a little bit. He is such a cute little Grandpa :)
After we went up to Dave and Julie's house and...this picture happened...we're the five best cousins that anyone could have. Hahahaha.
This Christmas we were spoiled completely rotten (same as every year though, really). We are so lucky to have family that lives close by and will host us for the holidays. This year we felt especially blessed to have the gospel in our lives, so we can remember the true meaning of Christmas.
As you can see they loved the gift! Such a funny, creative idea.
Novali just loves her Uncle Riley. He is always so cute with her.
Riley's parents tried to get all the grandkids to re-enact the Nativity, without much success. Odin makes the cutest little shepherd/wiseman though!
All the original Gold siblings with their parents. It was the best photo I could get, but I think it turned out pretty good!
