Christmas with the Young's

Merry Christmas! Ahhh, what a relaxing day we had. After talking to many of my married friends and my newly wedded sister I realized how thankful we are to not have to split up our Christmas with two families in one day! I'm so thankful my in-laws are laid back and don't mind celebrating Christmas a week early so we don't have to travel on the actual holiday! Thankful also for Dave's schedule {can't believe I'm admitting this} making it nearly impossible to travel around holidays due to time-off being in such high demand during major holidays. This year, I think Luke kind of had a clue as to what was going on. He could actually talk this year and say words like Santa, Snowman, Tree and he could open presents without our help. Christmas is so fun with kids. To see the look of pure joy and excitement on their face when they open a present is priceless. Then they demand you open it  and set it up right away:). We got him a few small gifts, the grandparents have spoiled him so we figured he didn't need much from us. When we went to Grammy and Grampa's house and opened the door the first present he saw was a kid size Home Depot work bench with tools, safety goggles and all. He LOVED it! He wore the safety goggles all day long. He also got Thomas the Trains entire set and LOVED it! He would take his tools over to the train set and pretend to work on it and put it together. The rest of the day we relaxed, ate, played games and watched Christmas movies. Luke was the only toddler in the house so the noise volume was manageable. Next year we'll have 2 toddlers and 2 babies!! Get ready for some craziness!!:)

Here are some pictures from the day.