Do those faces look excited or what?! We had such a fun and relaxing Christmas this year! We always think about maybe going somewhere for Christmas, but it would just be too insane to bring all of the presents anywhere. So, we stayed put and really enjoyed it. Our cousins in Heber did come for a night though to make it feel a little more like a vacation. They came on Christmas eve eve so the adults could do a last minute shopping trip and eat at Teppanyaki. The kids stayed at the house and had chicken and worked up an awesome Nativity scene for us to watch. Here are a few pictures and video clips for those that LOVE these kids and wish that you were here with us! :)
They actually showed us the Nativity Christmas Eve morning. They did such a great job! It was so organized and very well done!
Later in the day we took the kids (young and old) to Jump On It. It was an awesome hour of fun and the best part was it wore all of the kids out for a "long winter's nap". Sorry Matt, I'm in charge of the blog, so I'm putting the video on of you jumping and not of me! :)
After Jump On It our cousins went home to Heber and we went back to our house. The girls would've gone to bed at 6:00 if we had let them. We opened new pajamas of course! I wonder how many years we can give Thomas pjs with his name on them. Will he hate us, or the train first?!
Speaking of Thomas, he was so funny this year. He knew exactly what the camera was for and would smile big for me every time! He would even come and find me when he knew a picture op. was coming on! I LOVED it!
We read from Luke chapter 2 and The Living Christ. We also got a new book this year that has been the girls favorite for a long time: Christmas Oranges. So, we watched the little video of that and of course the video of Thomas as baby Jesus. (see Thomas in the picture above) The girls wrote one last minute letter to Santa and set out the Christmas cookies and egg nog. They were in bed and asleep before 8:00! And Matt and I didn't really have much to do...the wrapping was already done! It was awesome! We did get a surprise visit from our newly engaged friend across the street though! It was fun to talk to her and remember our time in the singles ward! ;)
And we're still making out! :) Sorry about the kissing picture. I'm actually laughing more than kissing! Taylor seems to think it's tradition for her to take this picture!
The girls actually woke up at 4:15 in the morning. We couldn't believe it! It's the first year that has happened and I'm sure it won't be the last. We sent them right back to bed with the ipod so they knew what time it was. We should've had them open their new alarm clocks on Christmas Eve! We told them to not come back up until 7. Well, they didn't come back until 7:30, so we were very glad that they had fallen back to sleep.
And the rest is pretty self-explanatory....
The early morning, "smoke" breath pictures.... :)
Santa's letter back answering the girls' questions, which hasn't happened before but something had to be written on the new whiteboard he brought!
Opening presents...
More Jump On It...
Presents disguised in diaper boxes...
Wrapping paper everywhere....
And the wii...
Including wii charaoke!
Another perfect Christmas come and gone! It just gets better every year! We hope everyone else had smiles as big as these! Merry Christmas and we wish you a very happy New Year!!
