Christmas at home

Can you believe that I did not take one picture of Christmas morning at our house. Daddy video taped the entire thing though. None the less, here is the tale of our Christmas day adventures.

Late Christmas Eve night, the kids put out 9 baby carrots on the planter border for the reindeer when the came, in hopes they would eat them. Then we tucked the kids in bed and we all geared up for a cold winter's night. Christmas morning, Case was the first to wake up. It was 7:15am. Not too bad, but considering mom and dad were up pretty late (2am), this wake up call was not great news. But he was so excited, we decided to put our desires for sleep aside and get up. He was shocked when he entered the living room. He looked around at the floor full of toys and exclaimed, "Santa really does love us." Then we went outside to check on the carrots. To our amusement, the reindeer had indeed come that night and they left reindeer dust all over the sidewalk. It was really cool. Case tried to sprinkle in on himself to fly, but I am pretty sure that dust only works on reindeer.

The boys were so excited to begin opening the presents under the tree that we let them tear into their stockings while mommy and daddy got dressed and geared up for the big event. Their stockings were filled with lego packs, puddy, matchbox cars, starwars playing cards and a little candy. Once mommy and daddy were ready, we began opened everything under the tree. Boy, all I have to say is Santa rocked this year. He and his elves hit the nail on the head. They left the boys wanting for nothing. They got a trampoline, a new Tractor to ride outside (to replace their jeep that finally died), Jesse got a mini quad. They also got more lego packs, guns, art supplies, games, books, motorcycles, moon sand and lots more. It was a great year. I don't think Jesse opened even one of his own presents. But that is okay because the other boys were happy to help.

After Christmas at home, we went over to Grandma/pa Langford's house for our annual Christmas brunch. Uncle Brad and Aunt Mary came in from Utah this year, so the kids had alot of fun playing with their cousins. Later that day, we went up to Grandma /pa Curtis's house for dinner and Christmas up there. The boys made out like bandits again. We had our Christmas party with Grandpa Whipple the Monday before Christmas. That was the only time we could get everyone together before Christmas because of people's work schedules.

Christmas was a success this year and I have my wonderful husband to thank who works so hard to provide for our family and makes things happen. I also want to thank my mother. She has been a major blessing in our lives, especially this year with the downturn of the economy. She has been our life preserver and for that we are deeply appreciative to her.