Merry and bright.

Before the unwrapping began

Christmas Eve events:

• Skiing in the morning (Sage went down her first blue and rode the chair lift solo!)
  
• Sage hunted for the baby Jesus while dressed in shepherd's clothes (she even slept in them)
  
• We ate good grub: Roast Leg of Lamb, Butterhorn Rolls, Rainbow Quinoa, Carrot Souffle and Parmesan Broccoli
• Read "The Night Before Christmas" and the Christmas story from Luke
• Forgot to set out cookies and milk for Santa..shoot!
  

Sage wanted Shane to open the first present....a sports movie (Hoosiers) from her.


Micah surrounded by some of the goods

Christmas Day:

• Ate waffles with whipped cream and berries and waaaay too much sausage
• Napped and played and did absolutely nuthin' else
• Sage watched Finding Nemo all the way through (usually she gets to watch half a movie on movie days---I try not to let her languish too long in front of the boob tube)
  

Trying out her new wheels. Santa also brought that hula hoop and jump rope you see in the picture.


Micah and his sock monkey from grandma. We decided he needs a lovey so that when he starts sleeping through the night (ahem...soon) he'll have a buddy.


Dress from Grandma S. And quacker from Grandma M....most annoying toy ever but she loves it.

Favorite presents?

Shane: Don't laugh but we got him a box of Honey Nut Cheerios (the fake, organic kind)...he hasn't had them in years and he had about 6 bowls in a few short hours.
Sage: harmonica (she takes that thing everywhere)
Micah: Shape sorter
Alicia: Best present hands down was from Shane. Long story short but we lost a bunch of pictures (about 5000 of them) when our computer crashed months ago. Most of them were from Sage's babyhood. I was very sad about it but resigned to it. Shane magically got all of our pictures restored. I cried and Sage looked pretty confused (why in the world would somebody cry over a gift?).