Christmas Day 2016

Jake and I set up the camera on the tripod and used computer software to have it take pictures  continuously until we turned it off. So we ended up with a ton of pics of both Jake and I in the frame. 

As the kids woke up, we had them gather in our bedroom. That way we could all go out together. Santa had put the presents and stocking on the couch. So we did those first. Sydney got a karoke machine, Elizabeth got Duplo Legos, and William got a ball popper.  The family gift from Santa was picaso building tiles. The stockings had bandaids, drawing/coloring stuff, a chocolate orange, and a few other things.
Once we cleaned up from Santa, we had to convince Lizzy to wait to open her legos. We opened them later that day, and the kids loved them! They still play with them a lot.
Jake gave me some camera gear including: a 24mm lens, and 2 spot lights, and a hand held tripod. I gave Jake a drill set, and some board games: Dead of Winter 2, Sapiens, Blood Rage,  and Scythe. In Jakes stocking was a flying drone, Solar phone charger, 3 ten foot long charging cords. I got in my stocking a coloring book, flower earings from the Mario video game, and a light for on top of my camera.  Lydia gave the girls the red outfits and baby strollers and a baby doll for each girl. She gave William a tool set and a hard hat (yellow).
 Walt gave Lizzy a tea/cake set, William a talking dog named scout, and Sydney a princess play dough set and Jake and I a white quilt.
From Jake and I :
    Sydney: Purple Minnie Mouse Dress, Kids Monopoly, A Porcelain Tea Set, book, and a Christmas music CD for her Karaoke Machine. 
    Elizabeth: A Box with 5 puzzles, 2 books,
    William: building blocks
As a family we got an imagination magnetic building set, a book of 365 stories, this shape popping game, a book set of Tell me why/how, and a marble run.

Lydia gave the girls these adorable outfits for Christmas.

 AT Grandma Harvey's House later that afternoon:

The girls got Shopkins stuff for Christmas from  Grandma and Grandpa Harvey. William got a little monkey music maker thing. And I gave Grandma a Drawing of Andrew and Jesus Christ.

William and Brayden watching each other