I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas filled with the love of our Savior and birth of our Redeemer. This year felt really magical to me. The kids are at such fun ages, especially Allie. She really understands the story of Jesus and on the flip side was totally into Santa and the presents
We had a very low-key Christmas Eve. We cleaned the house in the morning, took it easy during nap time, then watched Miracle on 34th Street half-way through. After dinner we watched the Nativity video from Luke 2 and dressed up. Allie was Mary with her baby Jesus, Katelyn was a (pirate) shepard carrying around her lambs all night, Doug was Joseph, and I was an angel. Then we made a plate and both girls wrote a note for Santa.
I remember my parents had a cool plate just for Santa. Ours was nothing special. But kids don't care about presentation, right?
Katelyn was really into her note. She wrote for 15+ minutes
Gearing up for Santa. Allie put cardboard pieces down as a placemat for him. So thoughtful.
Christmas morning we WOKE the girls up at 7:30, opened stockings and presents from Santa and then went to church at 8:30. The choir sang three songs and the talks were so good. It was awesome to go to church in the morning and have that spirit with us all day.
When we got home we opened the rest of the presents. Allie had so much fun. Katelyn was so overwhelmed and really only wanted one present and some tissue paper. So we pretty much opened them for her!
We had Christmas dinner at our house with Doug's sister Mattie and her family, her hubby's brother and his wife, and Doug's parents. I love eating and we had some great food. Some of the fun foods were: I made a fun Christmas tree veggie plate, Mattie made the most amazing pomegranate cheesecake, and Luanne made an awesome Broccoli Salad. ALL the kids kept asking for broccoli and vegetables. It was amazing!
We hung out the rest of the night and just enjoyed talking and being together. It was such a great holiday!
Oh how they love their Pa!
Girl cousins wrapped in blankets from Nan and Pa
Doug trying to stick his belly out. Some of us lucky ones don't have to try!
Joshy's chair creation
Enoch (Ben's Bro) and Ben
Ben and Katelyn, with Alaine in the background!
Now for the New Year! May it be pure awesomeness!
2 comments:
that is the cutest idea for a veggie plate and could you PLEASE get me the recipe for the cheesecake?! I love pomegranates and there really is nothing better than cheesecake right?
I totally agree with your thoughts on Christmas sunday. Mark and I decided that it should be on Sunday every year, even though it would mean changing tradition a little. We loved it!
Super impressive veggie tree. I'm glad you guys had a great Christmas. Miss ya tons! We gotta get together soon!
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