Merry Christmas!!

Once the boys were able to complete our advent calendar ... there was PURE excitement in our house. This advent calendar was the one that me and my siblings used growing up. It's such a treasure to me.




On Christmas Eve, we had our own family Christmas time. We read the story of Christ's birth from Luke, sang some Christmas songs, and then exchanged family gifts. N is VERY excited about his temples calendar.


T, wearing his new pj's, helps us put out the Christmas stockings. He was SO excited about Santa coming. He and J left notes, cookies, hot chocolate and carrots & celery (for the reindeers). T finally fell asleep, but woke up about 20 minutes later in a complete daze ... wondering if it was Christmas yet. No ... he wasn't excited AT ALL!?!
THIS lego mail airplane was on the TOP of his list and Santa brought it for him. Mom put it together for him. He didn't want to stop playing with it even for a second ... even to take this picture!

B got a HUGE box of random legos -- top of his wish list. Now he just has to hide it from T!

Here's G whipping up our traditional ebleskivers ... a Danish pancake ... for our breakfast. So yummy!

Later, some of our extended family came over for dinner and a cousin's gift exchange. Here's J excitedly opening his gift from his cousin.

COUSINS!

Our day started so early at O'dark thirty. J & T came blazin' in our bedroom at 6:15AM. They watched cartoons for about 30 minutes before we woke up N & B. We had a great day, but LONG day. We enjoyed visiting with our family all day. What a great Christmas!!