The missionaries not only got to celebrate Christmas Eve with us they also got to celebrate Christmas morning with us too. They promised me that they would be here at 7 am on the dot. They lied. Of course they weren't far behind but when you have people waiting for you on Skype and 4 kids wanting to open presents then every minute seems like forever. When in actuality they were only 5 minutes late. We did the traditional picture upstairs before heading down.
Ella really, really wanted a bike this year for Christmas. She even wrote to Santa for one which was silly because she doesn't believe in Santa anymore.
We had to have all of the presents opened and had to eat breakfast by 9 am. Which was when the missionaries were going to call their families. It all seemed too rushed for me and before you know it all of the presents were opened. We just opened them whenever we wanted to. I didn't get to see anyone reactions. I was a little bummed about it.
I did see Nichole's. It was great. She opened a present with Socks in it. She started bouncing and getting louder and louder. "It's Socks! I got Socks! I love Socks"!!! It wasn't even a sarcastic reaction either. She truly loves socks!
For Christmas this year Nate got...
3 text books for spring semester
a juicer
money
an amazon gift card
2 ties
and an otter box for his phone
Natalie got
a flat iron
an old navy gift card
money
a new backpack
expo markers
a bracelet
and clothes
Nichole got
an old navy gift card
new bedding
boots
clothes
a bracelet
and a gift card to famous footwear
Tyler got
an instrument
a watch
6 boxes of brownie mix
church shirt and tie
clothes
and a skylander
Ella got
a bike
clothes
skylander giants game
boots
and books
I got
mustache stuff galore
money
2 mustache aprons
cupcake items
a body pillow
a target gift card
2 amazon cards
and a deep fryer.
It was a great Christmas. After the missionaries talked to their families. We hung out as a family and watched movies, played games and tried out all of our gifts.
The next morning we woke up bright and early to go to after Christmas sales. We went to Target to get new Christmas wrapping paper. Then to Home Depot where we got a new tree. We went to Old Navy to spend our gift certificates, and lastly to famous footwear where both Nichole and Natalie got
new shoes. Nate had to work at 10 so he didn't get to go to all of those places with us this year.
The next day Natalie, Nichole, and I went to see Les Miserables at the movies. It was amazing! So far we have had a great Christmas break. I will be forever more sad when the kids go back to school. At least it is half way done for the school year.
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