Usually, Caden wakes us up way early on Christmas morning to tell us that Santa came, but this year, Vance was our alarm clock. In fact, when we sent him in to wake up Caden, Caden didn't want to get out of bed, but he eventually gave in to his excitement and curiosity.
The number one request from the boys this year, as with every year, was Legos. Thankfully, they gave Santa a nice list to choose from, since their first choice was rather large in size and price.
Christmas was on a Sunday this year, so that meant church for us at 9:00AM. It was pretty inconvenient to go at that time, but it was worth it to help center our thoughts on Christ. After all, what is Christmas all about, anyway? The two talks that were given were really great. I accompanied a friend on the piano as he sang "Mary, Did You Know?" Both of us didn't really like the song, but the bishop had requested it. The tune has since grown on me. I also played for the Primary kids they sang "Christmas Bells" and "Mary's Lullaby". Honestly, I had completely forgotten that the kids were going to sing, so I had to borrow a song book from the Primary closet.
After church, Calee and Tony came over. We made breakfast burritos (though it was more like lunch time) and Calee made Orange Julius. Then, we let the boys open the rest of their presents.
Vance has really wanted Nerf guns, so that is what we got him. I don't have a photo to show his joyful face as he opened them, because I video taped it instead, and the file is too big to fit on the blog. The little boys and the big boys took the guns downstairs in the courtyard to play, and within five minutes had lost all of the disks in the ivy.
Calee helped Danica open her presents. She really likes this little doll that Tevye's mom sent her. She plays with it all the time.
This is a beautiful dress that Genesis and Forrest sent.
Tevye asked me to not get him anything, so, for once, I listened to him. That was my gift to him- not spending money on something he would complain about anyway. I must say that it feels terrible to not be able to give him something, but I really do think that he was happy about it.
Tevye bought me the creche for our Willow Tree nativity set. Now, all I need is the wise men. Our nativity set looks so nice now that it has a "home."
The aftermath.
