We had a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner with Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Justin. After dinner we had our traditional reading of our Saviors birth. We realized that ANYONE can act out the Nativity! Grandma was supposed to be the sheep (Emily chose what parts we had) but we let her be a shepherd when she got a charlie horse as soon as she bent down! As you can see, we have many talented people in our family. It was one you are sorry you missed!
The kids were so excited when they saw their presents. We can't thank Santa's elves enough for helping to bring so much joy on our children's faces this year. It was fun to spoil ALL of them and to see the looks on their faces...it was priceless!
When we talked tonight about our favorite part of the day, Jacqueline said how neat it was for her to see how many people love us. she said, 'It is a great reminder that we are never alone.' Emily said 'Christmas is not about getting presents, it is about giving' We all agreed and talked about the people who have given us such wonderful examples and inspiration to GIVE!! It always feels so wonderful to do things for others!
When we talked tonight about our favorite part of the day, Jacqueline said how neat it was for her to see how many people love us. she said, 'It is a great reminder that we are never alone.' Emily said 'Christmas is not about getting presents, it is about giving' We all agreed and talked about the people who have given us such wonderful examples and inspiration to GIVE!! It always feels so wonderful to do things for others!
We enjoyed our very SNOWY Christmas day hanging out in our PJ's, shoveling snow, having a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Heaps and then playing games. By the way, don't buy 'You gotta be kidding'...definitely not our favorite! We did enjoy a game of Sequence and then finished the night watching one of our favorite Christmas movies, 'elf'. What a wonderful day it has been!
MERRY CHRISTMAS
5 comments:
You are way fun! I love the Nativity pictures. Almost feel like I'm there but certainly not quite. We miss you guys! Nicki felt worse in the evening and is feeling super yuck today...guess it's good we didn't get together.
It looks like we really did miss out! So much fun! Our favorite tradition is to watch family videos from Christmas past! It seems like yesterday we were at your stage! I can't believe you stayed up until 2:00 a.m. I have never known you to be able to stay up late??? You are addicted to blogging! Or are you just consistantly disciplined! You have so many strengths I can't keep track!
I don't know what I would do without family, it makes life so fun. You are the greatest!!!!!!
I LOVED all the pictures! Thanks for staying up until 2am for us to enjoy!! I got a huge smile when I saw the "jingle Bells" going up the stairs on Christmas morning! We have the same tradition, right down to the same song! Love you!!
I love the comments from the kids! It is amazing to see how many people love us! What a great Christmas! Love the pictures!
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