We had such a great Christmas this year! We had Christmas Eve at my parents house and spent most of the afternoon and evening there just being together and having fun. Hayley planned a darling song for the kids to sing and perform for us. They were each dressed up as a present and sang "Good things come in little packages." It was so cute and all the kids did such a good job!
We also went caroling to some neighbors and its was a perfect night for it. There was new snow and it was so Christmasy to spend an hour or so singing to people that we care about. This is our group on the doorstep and I have to say, I think we sounded great!
Back to Grammie's house for the nativity and pjs. The nativity is always fun and a little chaotic but the kids love it! We all went out separate ways after that and headed home to get ready for Christmas Day.
The kids couldn't wait for Santa to come but I wanted to get a picture of them in their pjs before we put them to bed.
Of course every picture session has to end with a "crazy" picture. We let all the kids sleep in the same room that night and it took them a while to fall asleep. Eventually everything was quiet and they were all dreaming of Santa and what he would bring!
Lined up at the top of stairs on Christmas morning and each of them came down in order one at a time.
We had such a fun Christmas morning giving gifts to each other and seeing what everyone got. This was the first year we had each of the kids choose names and get a gift for each other. We opened those gifts first and they were each so excited to give their gift to the person they had chosen. It was really sweet. We also try and let everyone open one gift as we all watch. It makes for a little slower morning but it's so fun to see what everyone got and see their reactions. It's turned out to be the best way for us to do it.
The final gift was the room reveal and we got the girls reaction on video. It was priceless. They were so excited and couldn't get enough of what was different about their room. I'm so glad they liked it and hopefully they keep it clean now!
As always my favorite gifts always come from my kids and their homemade cards. Rhen made this cute book about our family.
And also a coupon booklet just for me! Love it!
Liev made this Christmas book at school and had it all wrapped up for me.
And Rease and Rhen made homemade picture frames with pictures they had drawn for me to put by my bed. I love these kids so much and their thoughtfulness!
Merry Christmas! I hope you all had a season filled with the love of Christ and had some great moments with your family!
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