to the grandparents house we go...

about 8:15 a.m. we loaded up the car and were headed to allen for christmas with the blanchettes. we opened gifts with mom, dad, brother, uncle mark, aunt chrissie, and grandparents. listened to christmas tunes on the radio. jack took an awesome morning nap. folded wrapping paper so my dad can recycle it (a new development this year). laughed a lot. ate a yummy breakfast. enjoyed being all together. we even found a little time to "play" with some of our new "toys" before our time was up.

there are a lot of us @ the blanchettes, but there are also A LOT of gifts.

uncle mark and jack liked hanging out and just watching all the chaos.

olivia used her "handy manny" tools to help open her gifts, then carefully folded the wrapping paper so gramps could recycle it! :)

around 1:30 p.m. it was time to load up again. this time we headed to the bowlins. more unwrapping. more laughing. more eating, but this time is was mexican food and dinner. more playing. another good nap for jack!! reading the christmas story. and we definitely love being together.

olivia all dressed up in her princess crown and earrings that she found in her stocking at b & pop's house. so pretty!!

jack still smiling and loving all his new toys!!

even though you can't tell based on the expression on olivia's face, the kids had so much fun with their cousins. b gave them all these cute christmas jammies.

about 8:00 p.m. we loaded up the car once again and this time head for home.

we had a super day. it was such a great day with family, gifts, and laughter celebrating our savior's birth.