Christmas Surprises! (and not...)

Grandma and Grandpa came for Christmas, since Cyndy's wedding was shortly after Christmas. Kairi had found this beautiful, but way too grown up dress on our trip to Sight and Sound. I can't believe how big these two are getting.

One of our big questions with Nick this year was "Does he or doesn't he?" Know about. You know. That guy. We're still not sure - he certainly loved his stocking stuff.
I found the perfect gift for mom - a Jim Shore Pelican. Two great things that go great together, as far as she is concerned.

Scott and I did a terrible job surprising each other this year, and a great job surprising the kids.

I knew my big gift was a Cricut since Thanksgiving. Every gift Scott got was on his wishlist. But the kids had no idea what was in store for them.

They got their own laptops! They were excited beyond belief.

Of course, this is all we saw of them for the rest of vacation:
Jon and Laurie were really surprised by the gorgeous quilt Kairi made for them last summer at Grandma's house.Not to mention our surprise when Ben showed up dressed as Scott's evil twin!The girls were surprised by their giant collection of Disney Barbies, too - but no one else was - we had been telling everyone what we got them since Thanksgiving to avoid duplicates.
It was a crazy day, but in the end, everyone got just what they wanted - even if they didn't know what they wanted!