Our tree on Christmas morning....
Riley was so excited when she woke up on Christmas morning and could hardly wait to get downstairs to see if Santa came.
Lucky for her, she has been a very good girl this year and that did not go unnoticed by Santa. He brought her the "bike" she has been asking for along with a few other cool things and she was so excited!
We had a really great morning just hanging out and watching Miss R open her presents and play with her new toys. This year, she was actually interested in what was beneath the bows and paper unlike last year where the wrapping was the main attraction.
We invited Gigi, Popdaddy, Grandma and Grandpa over to our house for breakfast that morning. So after presents, we all enjoyed some yummy pancakes.
Ready for reindeer shaped pancakes!
That afternoon, we had our Christmas celebration with Gigi and Popdaddy. My family has a long running tradition of celebrating Christmas at the Brown Palace that started with my Great Grandmother. We still try to continue this tradition be on Christmas Eve or Christmas day with dinner at the Ship Tavern. Despite the fact that we very much missed having Ry and Kelly with us, we had a really great time. The hotel is decorated beautifully during the holidays and Riley loved taking in all the sparkle!
It was also very lucky for us that Santa made a special appearance during dinner. Her 2nd time up close and personal with Santa went over much better than the first. She actually talked to him and even held out her hands for him to pick her up. He must have redeemed himself with the loot he left earlier that morning.
After dinner, Popdaddy had arranged for a horse drawn carriage ride to see the lights around downtown. It was a chilly night, so we all bundled up. Riley was much more excited about the whole than she looks.
We wrapped up our Christmas day with our gift exchange at Gigi and Popdaddy's house. Riley was a great little elf and loved handing out the presents. It started to get a little out of control when she was throwing Kris' presents at him and yelling "catch", but it was pretty funny to watch.
Checking out her Matryoshka that Bunky Ry and Autie Kelly sent from Alaska, she loves these new dolls.
We had such an amazing Christmas and we are so blessed to have such a wonderful family!
1 comment:
What an awesome Christmas! It looks like you guys had a great time and I love that Riley was much more friendly with Santa once she saw the loot he gave her. That is too funny. And I am so jealous of the horse drawn carriage to look at lights! We wanted to do that this year and never got around to it.
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