Christmas

We were on our own for Christmas this year....the first time ever in our married lives.  I was a little apprehensive about it.  Isn't this a time for family and good food too....besides the birth of the Savior and Santa?  So, we filled our time with such a thing.  Saturday night, Christmas Eve, we had some friends over for a big dinner.  None of us had extended family around, so we enjoyed each other instead.  We had the kids to the Nativity with puppets, and then our family went to the Church of the Nazarene across the street and watched an "interesting" rendition of the the Nativity.  It was only like 18 degrees so we only nearly froze to death. Poor baby Jesus was just bawling his little lungs out.  Swaddling clothes just weren't enough for that little guy. 

The boys were so excited for Santa.  They asked if we could put flour at the bottom of the fireplace like we did last year, and then they thought that maybe it would be Dad that put his shoe in it instead of Santa, so to be sure the print was Santa's, Tanner wrote a note that said:  "Name; Age; How are the cookies?"  If he answered that he was Santa then for sure it was not Daddy.  We left Oreos and milk out, and Colt had "magic reindeer food" that he sprinkled in the yard. 

Of course Santa came, "Nicolas Claus age 1714" to be exact, and left his loot all over the family room. It was quite nice that it was just us. We took our time playing with things as we opened them and enjoyed just being with each other. We had crepes for breakfast then got ready for 1 pm sacrament meeting. The rest of the day was enjoyed just laying around in our pjs and playing games and figuring out our new toys. We missed family, but it was ok to just be us.

Braden and his new tool set.  He really wanted a new screw driver.

Beyblade....Colt's request.

Helicopter - the top of Dave's list

I got lots of little cutting boards, hotpads, and mirrors.  Just what I wished for!