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christmas day 2017

After a wonderful night of celebration, we eventually managed to pull all our sleepy teenagers out of bed to open presents. Their little bro. should probably win an award for being so patient;). 

Even once they made it downstairs, they were still awfully sleepy and not exactly eager to dig in to their stockings. It's funny (and a bit sad) how Christmas morning changes so much when kids start to grow up.

Everyone eventually started to wake up and feel the excitement of Christmas morning ... especially Kevin maybe;)??

Joseph pretty much spent the entire day building with new Lego sets. 

Before long, round 1 of grandparents began to stop in for some show n' tell. 


And more games!

Mae made her way out for some fun and friendship in the snow:).


Before the day was over, we had to enjoy a little bit of laser tag!


Round 2 of grandparents (the G-ma Loo) came by later in the evening for even more show-n-tell!!


And (in a nutshell) that was it!! A simple but beautiful Christmas.

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