Life is a Journey: Christmas

Monday, January 2, 2012

Christmas

(Don't miss our family pictures, which are right below this post!)

I already posted most of these pictures on Facebook, but I thought I should write a little bit about Christmas anyway. Jeremy didn't get off work until Friday evening, so it was mostly a normal week for us family-wise. We decided there were enough presents under the tree that they'd be able to enjoy a gift or too more by opening them early, so on the 22nd Katy opened a camera, Reilly opened a neat Cars 2 Lego set that he was in love with, and Jaina opened a set of Tangled figurines. They were so excited about their new toys!

The camera was a hit for everyone, especially Katy, who LOVES playing with our camera.

We didn't open any presents the 23rd. I think we maybe went shopping had
the Elders over for dinner...

Christmas Eve I was getting a nasty little cold, but we still enjoyed spending time together. We got the house cleaned up for Christmas, Jeremy took the older two to see Happy Feet 2 (that's what was playing at the cheap theater), and we attempted to drive around and look at Christmas lights. I say attempted because I would say that 60-70% of the houses in Chesapeake (that we saw, anyways) didn't have anything up. Boring! We did see a few cool houses, but it is not the jolliest of cities, apparently. It's not like it's been too cold to go out and put a few decorations up... I enjoyed the ones we did see, and the kids still had a great time though! We also let them open another gift - the stick horses I have been working on forever. That was fun. :) We also watched "A Muppet Family Christmas," which is Jeremy's favorite Christmas movie. :)

Katy got this cute outfit from her cousin Chloe. I love it!

On their way to the movie!

Silly Girl

I thought we would have a lot of trouble getting the kids to sleep on Christmas Eve because of all the excitement, but they did pretty well! They were asleep and Santa came and went by 9 pm. :)

Thankfully, we went to bed shortly after that (I was still feeling pretty icky, and Jeremy was tired), because Jeremy woke up at 1:30 am and couldn't ever go back to sleep... No, he couldn't figure out why! Then Katy woke up crying at 5 am. (She normally sleeps until about 7) So we got her up and let her watch Dora (always a fix) on the iPad, and by 5:30, Jeremy was leaving to pick up the Elders in our ward. I guess they were more interested in watching kids open their presents than in getting sleep that night... They got back to our house about 6, and we woke up Reilly and Jaina. Christmas day was fun, if a little chaotic in our tiny living room. The kids loved all their presents, and we enjoyed seeing their little faces. Reilly, especially, is a great present-reacter. Katy was a little grumpy, but just because of teething and being tired. I still wasn't feeling that great, but better than the two days before. I was just so grateful that we didn't have any flu or stomach flu and that no one else got my cold! Jeremy was exhausted by 9:30, and went in to lay down. He and Katy were both asleep by 10 AM, so 11 AM church, sadly, didn't happen. We spent the rest of the day playing with gifts, eating random stuff that Santa had brought, and watching movies. Later that evening we managed to do a 4-way skype video call with everyone in my family except David & Nicole (did I mention that David's engaged? :) A good Christmas, and hopefully one that we'll remember for a long time! :)