We had a great Christmas this year. The kids woke up and were so nice to let Mike and I sleep in a bit. Mike and I woke up and the house was so quiet (the kids were playing cards in Whitneys room) that we decided to sneek down and see what Santa brought. Boy were they surprised when Mike and I started screaming "Santa came!" "Look at all this stuff!" from down stairs. They came a runnin'.
We came down to find a whole bunch of presents and they were all numbered.
They took turns opening and by the time they got to present 3 we knew something crazy was going on. They each got pieces to a puzzle. When we put them together they made a picture of a beach. Then they started opening presents like beach towels, swim suits and flip flops. Whitney started thinking we were going somewhere she was just not sure where.
Then Teegan opened a coconut, Landon opened a pinapple and Whitney got a coconut bra. Could it be Hawaii? We didn't dare guess it sounded to go to be true.
When I took this picture Whit said "great, I am sure this will make the blog" :)
Their last present was another puzzle. When we got all the pieces together there was a note that said "if you have not figured it out by now, there is a present for each of you on the tree". We ran to the tree opened up our little presents and found a note inside.
It said HAWAII Jan 13-19 2010. We were so excited!
Then we opened a big box that was full of stuff for a luau party. Dad made breakfast while we got everything set up and we had a party.
Overall Christmas was great and we have so much to be thankful for. We spent the day with family. We had brunch at Grandma and Grandpa Maxfield's and then went to Gram and Pa's for dinner and more presents. The day was full but nice.
Let's just say we did not go without this year.
Mele Kalikimaka! See ya in Hawaii!
What a creative idea! Is there room in anyone's suitcase for my family? :)
ReplyDeleteLove the coconut bra!