Christmas with the Hinckleys

Christmas was spectacular in our house! The whole family was full of the spirit and was extremely proud of the gifts they had purchased (or picked out) for others! We really tried to explain the spirit of "giving" as opposed to "receiving" and showed them many ways they can follow through with this. We also tried to keep the focus on the reason for the holiday...however with kids the Santa thing kinda overpowers:) The girls were so grateful for each and every little (or big) thing they received from us, each other, Santa and everyone else! Everyone was so generous and the girls got everything at the top of their lists!

The day started out extremely early for me. I got up a few minutes before 5 so I would make sure I was ready for the day when the girls woke up and could spend the rest of our time before heading out to grandparents' houses playing with the girls. The girls chose this day, of all the days of the year to sleep in! We ended up waking them at 7 when we just couldn't stand the wait any longer!

Emory, not quite awake yet and trying to figure out which stocking was hers.

Check out the goodies from Santa!

Trinity was SOOOOO excited!

Addison, still a bit sleepy, playing with her new tricycle.

Emory couldn't believe Santa knew she needed a new Giraffe Blankie since she lost hers! She didn't even tell him she wanted one...Santa is so amazing! (We won't get into the fact that she lost this one before the day was done...ugh!)

Trinity opening one of her many gifts

Addison and her new baby

Trinity admiring the new Breakable Tinkerbell she received.

This is how Emory spent the rest of that day and most of the time since...feeding and snuggling on one of her many new babies (cause the 30 she already had weren't enough to keep her busy:))

After a wonderful Christmas morning at home we moved on to Greg's Dad's house, then to his Mom's...then a few days later to my parents house. The girls got more than they even have the slightest clue what to do with! Thank you everyone for making our Christmas magical once again! I can't get enough of the joy I see in the girls' eyes this time of year, it's contagious!

Christmas at Nana and Pops'!

After a perfect Christmas morning at home we headed to Sachse to celebrate the wonderful occasion with Greg's family. We always have a great time with all the kids playing together. This year we decided to have a White Elephant gift exchange for our generation, the gifts were great and memories were made...that's the best part! I'm sure a few of the gifts will rear their ugly heads next year too:)

Here's Trinity Chillaxin on the couch and listening to her NEW MP3 player. She's so grown up!

Nana and two of my nephews...they're pretty cute, huh?

Emory was sure to get in her Nana nuggle time before gift exchanges commenced.

Addison loved this little ball thingy she got in the stocking (aka giant gift bag full of goodies)

Emory's favorite part of the stocking was the tiara and earrings...go figure

Trinity was so proud she could read Addison's new book all by herself!

Pops' gift from Sheridan and Matt...look really close at the picture of James Bond, does that face look a little familiar?

Trinity got Kit Kittridge! She couldn't have been more thrilled!!!!!

Thanks Nana, you always know what I really want!

Addison couldn't stand Trinity getting her picture taken without getting a turn for herself:)

Kit's hat didn't quite fit Trinity, but she still looked cute:)

Aiden got a lot of Star Wars stuff this year!

Jedi Master Aiden

Addison took his second light saber and gave him a run for his money! She was seriously good at this whole jedi thing! She knew exactly how to "swing" the light saber and always hit her target (and sometimes a few other things/people in the process

Each of the kids received a can of silly string in their "stocking". Nana was a great sport and allowed them to play with it in her yard...

and use her as the target.

Emory received a American Girl Baby double jogging stroller from Nana and Pops and she LOVES it! She still takes it EVERYWHERE with her!

Christmas at Mimi's

Our final stop of Christmas Day was Greg's Mom's House...aka Mimi. We enjoyed yet another round of gift giving, white elephant and a yummy dinner of chili and tacos. The kids were pretty worn out by this point, but still so well behaved!

The girls were BEGGING Mimi to get started with the gifts while we waited on the rest of the family to arrive

Addison was just a bit sleepy...can you tell?

My absolutely adorable nephew. I think he was asking his daddy for something, thank goodness he wasn't asking me...I don't know how anyone can say no to that precious face!

Emory got a FANCY picture frame...she was soooo excited!

We were all playing with the camera while the kids were playing with toys, thanks Matt for taking a picture of the two of us.

Thanks Honey for showing your tonsils to Matt...lovely...

Matt and Sheridan...and you can't see, but Baby #2 is almost finished cooking! We can't wait to meet him/her!

We had such a wonderful Christmas! Thank you to all of our family who celebrated along with us. We are truly blessed!