Christmas morning started at 6:30 am. We had to wake up Kate, but everyone else was ready to go. We met in the upstairs family room to read a few scriptures about Christ, say family prayers and put the baby Jesus in the manger on our nativity advent calendar. We try to make it a spiritual way to start Christmas, but the kids are very excited and it doesn't always turn out the way Mom and Dad want!
We filed downstairs, youngest to oldest. The first present spotted was our new play table. Greg and I have been calling it a lego table, but really it's for a lot of different toys. Greg is so clever - he built it himself with some help from Ikea (and Grandpa and Uncle Jarom, who assembled the bookshelves from Ikea). On top of the table was the Playmobil pyramid. The kids have had so much fun with this. I'm super impressed, so detailed and so much to play with.
The kids then ventured over to their stockings. They included things like pillow pets, scripture marking pens, chocolate oranges, toothbrushes and flying slingshot animals that make noises. Gavin found a pig hat in his stocking, which we wore the rest of the day (except when Mom demanded he take it off).
After riffling through our stocking, we went back upstairs for breakfast. Mom had it baking in the oven, so it was ready to go. We ate a yummy meal of breakfast casserole, caramel pull-apart rolls, grapes, orange juice and milk. It was good, but the kids were anxious to get back downstairs, so we didn't linger long.
Gavin's big present was snowboard gear and lessons. When he picked out his snowboard, we told him the bottom was pink. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "I like pink." He also got some camping gear and a new school backpack.
Enoch has had so much fun with his Saxoflute. He also got the Playmobil camping set and a camera (which he has used constantly).
Kate is in love with her wooden princess castle complete with furniture and princesses. She also got some fairy wings and a princess and the pea set (with a dozen mattress, a princess dress and a book).
Mom got a calendar, candle and sewing things while Dad got some clothes, dutch oven gloves and a finish nailer.
What a great Christmas morning!
We spent some time playing with our new toys. The kids were having a blast and we had to tear them away from their new presents to get dressed and head over to Grandma and Grandpa Fowlers.
We had our traditional lunch of ham sandwiches, salad, veggies and Grandma's famous fudge at Fowlers. We visited with family and let the kids play. After a bit, the kids opened their presents from Grandma and Grandpa. Enoch was most thrilled with his remote controlled car. After playing a bit more, we headed home.
A bit later, the Randalls were all at our house again for dinner and more presents. We had a yummy dinner of turkey, rolls, salad, chips and chocolates. We then opened more presents. The kids had a great time and I think everyone was very happy with what they received. Gavin was thrilled to get the game, Dominion, and Kate loved her wooden wedding cake.
After presents, Fords and Grandma and Grandpa headed home, while the Fowlers, Kellys and Jarom played games.
By the end of the day, we were all exhausted, but a good exhausted. What a Christmas!
2 comments:
What a fun day!! It was fun to spend some time with everyone and with your family.
It was a wonderful day! Thank you for all of your hard work to make it just right. Your blog post is so detailed. You'll be so glad with all that detail someday. We loved our time with the whole family.
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