This year we had a great time. The boys were more excited then we had ever seen them. They were really excited. The only thing that would have made it even better would have been snow, but since you can't do anything about that we still had a great time.
Lance and I were hoping that the boys would sleep in alittle longer. Ya right. Keaton was the first to get up at 6 a.m and then he crept into our room to tell us that Santa had come and that there were a million presents under the tree. So we made him wait in our bed until Andrew and Owen started to stir. Well Andrew was the next in line. Since Ellie was already awake, we still had Owen to wait on. So we gave him about 20 minutes to wake up. We turned on the front room lights and started to make some noise but no luck. So Lance went in and woke him up. Poor little guy, he would have slept in too I am sure of it. He woke up happy so that was a good sign.
The previous night Lance showed the boys a website that was tracking Santa's every move. Andrew and Keaton were running down stairs to check on it every 3 minutes. Andrew was really curious as to when Santa would come to Star, Idaho. It was so fun to watch them be so anxious about it.
The boys got their Christmas pajamas. We have had that tradition in both Lance's and mine as well. So we carried it on. They were excited about that. Keaton ended up gettting the wrong ones but he was still happy with the ones he got. He is such a good sport.
Everyone got what they wanted. Keaton and Andrew got some Wii games, some Ninjago Lego sets, transformers and much more.
Ellie was content with her little teething ring. Owen fell in love with his Thomas the Train set and all the Thomas the Train books that he got. But his biggest and most favoirte gift of all was, his tractor. This boy of mine is love with tractors, riding lawn mowers. You name it. He wants to go for a ride and will point them out faster than anyone while we are driving in the car. He knows pretty much where every tractor is from our home to my parents. It's amazing.
Since our ward started at 9 we didn't have much time to sit and play so we got ready for church. I wish I would have taken a picture of all my kids in their nice new church clothes. They looked really sharp. Our Sacrament had a great program. My favorite speaker was a deaf guy whose family is in our ward. The dad translated for him while he signed. It was a very touching talk about service and about giving.
After church we headed over to my parents house for the rest of the day. My siblings met up there too and we had a nice Christmas together. We had to wait for about 4 hours for my sister and her kids to show up. That was the most torture I have ever seen my kids go through. We didn't open a single gift until they came so we could do it all together. It about killed my boys. Andrew asked us about every 20 minutes "When is Rachel and Ava going to be here?" Finally they showed up and they opening and ripping of wrapping paper began. The kids went crazy with excitement. Andrew got his Nintendo DS that he has always wanted, Keaton his RipStick that he asked Santa for and Owen his tractor. It was a great afternoonw with family. It was so nice to be all together. We had a great dinner with grandparents and great-grandparents as well.
After dinner and the after the kids were all bathed we pulled out the new family board game we got this year which was Ackward Family Photo. Ever heard of it? There is a webiste called www. ackwardfamilyphotos.com if you are ever interested. There are some good laughs to be guarenteed. We had a great time playing and laughing really hard.
Then we all headed home to put tired, fussy kids to bed. It was a great year. I can't believe it is already over. Now it's time to ring in the New Year. Hope your Christmas was merry and bright.
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