It felt like Christmas kind of snuck up on us this year. We were doing our shopping right up until the day before, and wrapping the presents the day before too. After having just had our parents here, we were sad at the prospects of spending the holiday alone. We were grateful for the invitation to join a couple of other families for Christmas Eve dinner. We ate soup and snacks, played games, and had a reading of "Twas the Night Before Christmas". Then the kids all opened their gift of new pajamas. If was fun to see the variety of jammies.
They even put their jammies on and played a couple of games together.
We went home and watched a movie about Christ's birth. Then it was
time to get the cookies and milk ready for Santa.
The kids decided to have a slumber party together in Megan's room.
Sammy left a thank you note for Santa on her stocking.
We woke up around 8:00 and discovered a layer of snow outside! Daisy wasn't sure what to think about her first experience with snow.
The kids waited anxiously to find out what Santa had left them.
A new phone for Megan with unlimited texting. We appreciated him for leaving us with the monthly bill on that. Mike calls it the gift that keeps taking.
A new i-Pod for Sammy. Now she won't have to keep stealing Mom's. She wanted yellow because it was a color that no one else has.
Who knew that a toothbrush could bring a boy so much happiness.
It was all about Star Wars for Noah this year, and Santa came through
with Star Wars spaceships and Legos.
I guess Santa thought Daisy was a good girl this year too
because he left her a new bed, toy, and bones.
The rest of the day was spent playing with new toys
Showing love to each other
Taking a Christmas nap
We started opening presents after breakfast. We have developed a tradition these past 4 years that we have lived away from family. Instead of rushing through opening our presents, we each open a couple, then take a break for an hour or two, then come back and open a couple more. This year we were opening the last of the presents at 5:00. We love being able to stretch it out through the whole day.
Go Utes!
Sammy's new earring collection
We finished the day off with our yummy traditional Christmas dinner of ham, cheesy potatoes, orange rolls, green beans, and rainbow jello eaten on the china. 
1 comment:
You can take the boy out of Utah, but you can't take Utah out of the boy! Love the Hat! Looks as if Christmas was good to you all! Miss you guys! So sorry to hear about your grandpa.
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