Christmas Eve and Christmas

We had Christmas Eve at our house this year with Blayne's family and a few of his cousins. It was a fun night filled with lost of visiting and a ton of food. Everyone cleared out around 8:00pm then it was of to bed for the Yates kids and finishing Christmas prepatations for Blayne and I.

After the kids were quiet, not asleep but quiet, Blayne and I proceeded to finish things up. At 11:45pm, when I was all done I rounded the stairs to head to bed only to find a sick 9 year old waiting for me on the stairs. I took her upstairs, barf bowl in hand only to have Maddy follow suit. Two very sick girls all night long made for a very cranky Christmas morning. I think Blayne and I finally went to sleep about 5:45am only to be woken up by the only child that wasn't sick at 7:30am. After convincing Maddy to get off the floor and that she really wanted to open presents we headed down stairs for the festivities to begin.

After all the presents were open and after Grandpa Doug made us breakfast we tried to settle back in for some sleep. After what seemed to be no time at all, we got up to head out to Grandma and Grandpa Fletcher's house for the remainder of the day. We are very blessed and not only had a great Christmas but made some great memories to finish off 2011. I am thankful for my wonderful husband, my healthy and happy kids, and my supportive family. It was a great year for the Yates family!