The Joy of Christmas

Christmas morning with a one year old is a real treat!! Santa brought big D a little tikes basketball hoop and all morning Dallen was all about the balls he got, not just basketballs, but footballs too :)
"Where's the ball?" Another one of Dallen's favorite gifts was not actually his. He was so intrigued by Uncle Scotty's new skateboard...

Eventually Uncle Scotty wanted his present back and got something else to distract Dallen, unfortunately it was not quite as, well, stable!!
This picture looks so sad, but its totally funny because he was not hurt at all :)
Of course he got lots of other presents like cars and trains and candy and clothes, etc...I love this picture, it just says "Hey Mom, what'd I get?"Sometimes he wasn't interested in presents at all and just wanted to play with the dog. I call this the 'dancing with the dog' sequence:

All in all it was a fantastic Christmas morning full of lots of joyful faces, like this one...Later that afternoon we went to my Grandma's house as we always do for more gifts and a yummy lunch. However, this year was extra special. I asked my Grandpa if I could sing a Christmas song before we opened presents. I wanted to take the opportunity, as Elder Bednar counseled, to share my testimony with my family. It got the whole family started and everyone took a turn sharing their thoughts and feelings regarding the holiday spirit. There was not a dry eye in the room. It was a Christmas I will not soon forget. Hope you all had a Christmas as merry as mine :)