Our first Cottage Christmas

We celebrated Christmas as a cottage today and boy was it a great day.  We started out with a big breakfast of eggs, sausage, bacon, grits, pancakes, and waffles.  Jonathan and Ariel were my kitchen helpers that morning to get everything ready.  Travis led the younger kids in a military style march to make sure everything was cleaned up and we were ready to go.  We opened presents and the kids had such a great time. Mike and I loved our first Christmas as parents and really, really enjoyed watching the kids get so excited over their new toys and clothes.  We had a Christmas lunch of ham, mashed potatos, and vegtables and then played all afternoon.  We finished the evening with pizza for dinner and a movie.  I took many, many pictures so it was hard to choose just a few to show.  Merry Christmas!