Merry Christmas

Well this was an exciting Christmas at the Burch household and Hunter was very ready for Santa to come. He had colored lots of pictures for the reindeer and had a plan set that when he heard the jingle bells he was going to wake up and ask Santa if he could ride on his sleigh. Christmas Eve as he went to sleep he placed the pictures next to him and for the first hour or so every noise he heard he was awake and wondering if Santa had arrived. Mom and Dad decided to have Hunter call GG and Papa in Snowflake and Grandma Tobar in San Diego to see if Santa had been to their houses yet. They both informed Hunter that they had watched the "Santa Tracker" on the news and that he was just over Florida which was still a long way from Arizona. We clicked on the news and sure enough he had been spotted over Florida, once Hunter had nailed us down to an approximate time as to when Santa may arrive in Peoria (always our schedule kid) he finally fell asleep. He came in the next morning at 6:30 almost in tears because he hadn't heard the jingle bells and didn't think that Santa made it to his house. Dad went out and checked by the tree and yelled back that Santa had come! Hunter and Avery raced out to the living room to find this:


Santa had come!!!! Hunter excitedly picked up the note from Santa which said what a good boy he had been this year and how he had seen Hunter sleeping so peacefully and decided not to wake him up. Santa told him that he had hugged him though and thanked him for the pictures that the reindeer loved them especially Rudolph. Hunter raced to his bedroom to look for the pictures and came running back out, "Mom the pictures are gone, Santa came in my room and took them for the reindeer!" The whole time we are videotaping this event and my heart is swelling with happiness. I have always loved Christmastime but there is just something about watching the joy and excitement in the eyes of your children that brings the magic back. Santa brought Avery her very own kitchen and tons of fun stuff to go with it,


Hunter was given lots of great things but his favorite things were his drill set that was "just like daddy's" and his new fishing pole. (Pictures of a very cute first fishing trip to come)

This year we even let the kids pick out presents for each other and give them to each other. Avery didn't really understand but it was really fun to watch Hunter get excited to give something to her. All in all it was a wonderful Christmas, hope yours was a merry one. Oh and due to waiting still on family pictures to get developed our Christmas letter will now be coming to you in the form of a New Year letter. Happy Holidays from the Burch's!