Christmas 2011

Sunday December 25, 2011

Christmas Morning

We actually had to wake up the kids at 8am

so that they would have time to 

open their gifts before church.

(Nixon and Roman are normally awake by 7)

Roman wasn't too sure what was happening. 

But once he saw his toys he got excited! 

He LOVED his new rain boots...

(maybe he will stop wearing his sister's pink ones)

and his motorcycle!

His favorite gift was his new Doodle Bops DVD!

The most special gift of the morning 

was the kid's new kitchen!

Mr. Phil Elder from our church made the kids

 a kitchen out of an entertainment center. 

It is so cute and the kids LOVE it! 

The girl's also received a

 new Barbie house 

with an elevator.

 (that was Nixon's only requirement!)

Nixon, Isla and Roman received new bibles...

and many more goodies!

Isla's favorite toy she received was Alphie.

She begged for it during the Christmas season.

We didn't leave Lottie out! 

Below are pictures of Lottie 

with a few of her gifts!

Stockings are always my favorite 

part of Christmas morning!

We enjoyed Christmas morning. 

The kids played...

and we spent the morning with 

Lottie (our special little Christmas gift!)

Soon it was time to get ready for church! 

And of course I tried to get a picture of all 4 kids

....I don't know if I'll ever get one with them all looking! 

Nixon and Lottie!

Isla giving Roman love!

After church we went and ate lunch

 with a family from church. 

We then came home and got back in 

our pajamas and the kids continued 

to play with their gifts. 

Nixon painted toes. 

We ended the night sewing with girl's 

new sewing machine!

It was a wonderful Christmas.

 It was nice staying home

 and celebrating with our new family of 6! 

It was definitely different from what Jared 

and I are use to but it was simple and quiet 

which was exactly what our family needed.

It is so easy to get caught up in traditions

 and being disappointed because we are 

unable to do the things or go the places 

we traditionally go. (I love traditions and

 I love making them with the kids!) 

I was reminded by a friend that 

it is our culture that teaches us that 

Christmas is about traditions,

 but there was not one thing 

traditional about Christ's birth. 

That simple reminder changed my

 perspective this Christmas. 

So even though we did not see 

family Christmas day and 

we didn't even get to make

 Jesus's Birthday cake,

 (yes, we ran out of time Christmas day!) 

we did celebrate our Savior's birth 

and were able to share with the kids 

who our Lord is, how He came and 

what He did for us. 

It is because of that we can say we

 had a Merry Merry Christmas!!