As always the kids tried to convince us that it is unfair for the little kids to come downstairs first, but we stuck to our rule of youngest to oldest.  They came down to a tree that was not there when they went to bed and it was so fun to watch their faces as thy came in and their jaws dropped.  Aiden was the best since he had eyes only for his stocking and after he had settled down and everyone was starting to open Santa present he finally looks over and says "Oh my gosh!!".  (thank you Lovelands for the use of the tree)

In our house Santa leaves the stockings scattered around the room with a present from him sitting next to the child's stocking.  Sometimes he leaves thing to big to go inside so those also sit next to the stocking.

Brody went for the giant smarties candy first.

Aiden insisted on an RC car so he could drive with his brothers and daddy

Court just had to have this "Happy Napper" it is a pillow that unzips and becomes a stuffed animal...she wanted the penguin

Tyler want a superman hat and apparently snap backs are the in thing again because it had to be a snap back!  Chad tried to convince him those were dorky, but he held strong to his keen fashion sense.

Casey wanted a few games for his game boy, which luckily also work on the DS since that is what he got later in the morn.

Had to get a shot of the kids in the jammies grandma and grandpa Farley sent

I have tried to down load the video of the older kids getting their big gifts but it will not work so I will just have to tell about it.  Court got Twinkle toes, she has been asking for them for years so we took her to the mall so that she could pick them out herself and get the right size.  Casey got a DS and about five games to go with it.  This is also something he has wanted for the last couple of years and he loves it.  Tyler got to open a small teck deck bike and he acted all excited, but was a little confused as to why the others got a big gift last and he got a small toy.....till chad walked out of the pantry with a BMX bike and offered to trade him for the mini one he just opened.  It was all so great!  We were able to save some by getting Casey's from some gamer guy off Craig's list, so it was pristine  practically new condition and T's we also got from Craig's list and replaced parts and a new paint job it was like new but half the price of a brand new one.