Christmas!

Oh, I love the age my boys are. They are so much fun. Christmas was something they have been looking forward to and excited about for a while.

For Family Home Evening the week before we did a lesson about the meaning of Christmas, then played with Play-Doh. Can you tell what we made?


Then on Christmas Eve we had what is now pretty much a tradition. Everyone met at my house and we had a little nativity with the cousins.



What else could Blake be but a shepherd with his Lamb? It was chaotic and busy, but I loved every minute of it. It is so fun! These kids are each so special and I love them.

Since we each kind of do our own thing Christmas morning, we usually open the Grandma presents on Christmas Eve too. I love this face of Blake's, priceless!



Bummer of all, we ended up with a stomach bug. :( Dallin got it first, but of course it coincided with me trying to get him on milk. Every time I give him milk, he gets sick. So I figured it was the milk. Then, Blake got it, and I wanted to blame it on the two huge boxes of candy Aunt Dixie gave him, but I was a little suspicious. Then, I started not feeling so good Christmas Eve night. It was awful. Especially considering that Dallin, my usually good sleeper was awake from 1:00 until 4:30 am. Nobody slept that night. 7:30 am rolled around and we all got up excited anyway about presents. Here is what they woke up to! Lucky kids.




Maybe I don't get to do a lot of costly things with my boys during the year, but we always have a great Christmas. They will have great memories of this.

Anyway, the stomach bug was gone quickly. So my birthday was still fun. Tired as I was, we still took the sled out and put it to use right away.





The boys aren't the only ones who got spoiled, I did too. I certainly wasn't expecting it. But I got a beautiful new coat and an awesome printer/fax/copier among other things. Lucky me! Mostly, I am lucky to have my little family and home, and also to have my savior. He loves us all!

Merry Christmas!