In the afternoon we went over to the Dawson's to open more wonderful surprises and to have lunch. The kids were definitely on a sugar overload the entire day, but it was fun.
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!
Luke wanted to see the show too, he kept sticking his head out.
Luke and Ben building his Lincoln Log farm.
Carly enjoying the festivities
Abigail sporting her new apron and chef hat made by Grandma Bars.
Snuggling with Grandma and her new Dora doll. After I tucked her into bed tonight, 20 mins. later I could still hear her saying "Abby's Dora... Abby's Dora..". 
We had a party at the Dawson's tonight. The boys drank all the orange soda they could ever want and watched movies. 
This is what Luke looks like 4 1/2 hrs. past his bed time. I don't think he's ever stayed up 'till 11:30 before. After the sugar high wore off, he crashed pretty hard.
Grandma Sharla and Carly
This ride didn't work, but Luke thought the dinosaur was pretty awesome just to sit on.
We looked at some Christmas lights. Abby loved it and we had to wake Luke up to see them. I just took a random picture of a house to document on my blog. I hope I will remember next year that doing the days of Christmas was more work than I thought. I hope you all enjoyed Ben's video from last night. Now I know why he'd randomly sing 'do you want some apple pie with that'.
I was trying to get a picture of Abby and Carly with the original Abby and Carly who are also sisters. They would not cooperate.
Here's sweet Carly, being good like always.
I was so cold all day, when the girls went down for their naps Luke and I sat on the couch with wassil and a blanket.
We went to the mall to visit Santa Claus today. He wasn't an overly jolly Santa, so I think Luke was a little unsure. Abigial refused to even look at him. Luke told Santa that he wanted a pink elephant. I hope Santa didn't promise him that one, I just don't know where I'd find one.
I thought this picture was funny of Luke, he was totally zoning out.
Abigail and Grandpa Jay waiting in anticipation.
I went and got Luke snow pants and boots, it took me a minute to talk him into wearing regular clothes under his snow gear. Uncle Jed taught him how to make snow balls, so he spent the rest of the afternoon throwing them at the dog.
Luke picked these cookies out at the store, and as usual Ab shoved them in her mouth as quickly as she could.
I spent all day Christmas shopping... alone! It was so nice not dragging the kiddos to every store I went to, and I'm sure they had a much better time at Grandma Barb's. I got about 95% of my shopping done, I'm so excited that now I can relax and enjoy the season.
This is what we did today... potty trained Abigail. She's been wanting to use the toilet lately, and I just wasn't ready to do it. This morning she kept asking to sit on the toilet, so finally I took her diaper off and found some panties to wear. She had a few accidents (we ran out of girl underware and we started using Luke's) before she got the hang of it, but by the end of the day she was doing really well. 
I underestimated Luke's need to be in the snow. I told him I'll go get him some snow clothes tomorrow so he could play all day, but today he needed to stay inside because it's too cold. Every time I turned around he was sneaking out of the house to play.
We took family pictures tonight at my parent's house. Obviously since there are no family pictures in this post, you can guess they didn't turn out so well. I hope my Mom got better ones on her camera. I did get a picture of Carly in between crying spells.
Grandma and Grandpa Dawson watched the kids tonight while we went to Ben's work party. Luke always asks Grandma Sharla for surprises when we go over. Tonight she gave the kids their own little nativity set. The kids loved them, Luke wanted to go to sleep with Mary and Joseph.
