Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve morning we got up and opened our presents. We normally do this on Christmas day but we were flying to France on Christmas day. So we waited for Derick to Finley wake up.It seemed like it took him forever. Russell and I were so excited to see what he would do. After he woke up we took him into the living room were there were some matchbox cars and animals waiting for him. He would have been happy with one matchbox car. He turned the car over right away and just spun the wheels over and over again. So Russell Finlay took them away form him so that he would open some presents. It was fun to watch.

After a few presents he was done and really did not care anymore. That is when he thought it would be fun to climb on the presents rather then open them. I kept thinking that we had not gotten him enough but he really cashed in. He got to many thanks to the grandparents and Lindsey's help.

Russell stood him up behind his little walker wagon and he was not sure what to think. It made him take off pretty fast.

After we were done opening presents at home we headed off to Grand Island to spend the day with family. It was a lot of fun. Lindsey and I always pull and prank on someone in the family for Christmas. This year the target was Tanner and Logan. We knew that Santa was coming so we arranged for Santa to bring Tanner and Logan a drum set. The joke behind that is they always play rock band and they even hold band practices for it. So Santa shows up with presents for all the little grand kids and a drum set for Tanner and Logan. It was pretty funny.

We pull names in our family and Russell got Josephs name. ( Joseph is Dallas and Shannon's little boy who is almost 3) Russell had to get him the nosiest toys that he could find. It was great. He got him and cork gun and a chain saw. The sound was driving everyone nuts and then add to that was Tanner and Logan's drum set. Needless to say I am gland that we had to leave and go see Russell's family.

It was so fun for Santa to come. I was sad because I was not sure that Derick would get any pictures with Santa this year. Thanks so much Shannon and Dallas for getting Santa to come to the house.