On Christmas Eve we started off with the church’s Nativity video. Then we had our traditional homemade pretzels and chocolate milk picnic by the tree for dinner:
Then we acted out the nativity. Zane was Joseph, Cora was Mary, Ryan was the angel and narrator, Hyrum was a sheep and a wise man, and I was a shepherd and wise woman:
The kids then each got to open their Christmas Eve present, which was their ornament for the year. Zane got a monkey, Cora got a little ballerina, Hyrum got a Pikachu, and Ryan and I got a Washington, DC ornament.
Here’s what awaited our kids Christmas morning:
Zane got a tool bench from Santa:
Cora got a doll, Ginger, from Santa:
Hyrum got a dinosaur Lego set from Santa:
Ryan got a Raspberry Pi, I got curtains, and the kids got plenty of other presents:
Christmas was on Sunday this year, which was awesome! Here we are, all ready for church:
After church the kids played with their new toys, and then we had a delicious dinner of bacon-wrapped filet mignon, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls, cranberry fluff, corn casserole, and Martinelli’s. The best part of dinner was the peppermint bark cheesecake!
After dinner we went on a Christmas lights scavenger hunt, something the kids have been asking about for the past year. We got almost everything, and even saw an amazing light/music show in the neighborhood next to ours:
We were supposed to watch Elf that night, but Cora fell asleep so we watched it the next day instead:
All in all we really had a great Christmas!!
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