Merry Christmas!

Christmas 2013

One of our favorite Christmas activities this past year was driving through the base neighborhoods to look at lights.  We must have loaded our kids up three or four times to oooh and aaaah over the lights.  I am not sure if they loved it because it was fun or because they didn't have to wear shoes…or seat belts.  Either way.  They were happy little kiddos.

We also put up lights!  I have been pining away for the year when putting lights on our house was a logical Christmas activity.  Prior to this year it just never made much sense.

 My parents came a few weekends before Christmas to watch our kids while we went on date.  When we got back my dad had COVERED our tree in our front yard with Christmas lights (I'm talking 6 strands on a little desert tree).  We must have been told three or four times that our tree was the best in the neighborhood.  The next weekend Matt had the lights up on the house.  The house looked very festive and I was one happy lady!

Matt's parents came into town for Christmas.  Grandparents are always a good addition to the Christmas fun!  The kids made sugar cookies, played, read books, and ran wild while Grandma and Grandpa enjoyed the craziness!  

  

 Christmas Eve.  We had a very kid friendly program complete with Little People, Christmas Songs, and a few scriptures.  It has been really fun to start some of our own family traditions!

Next up, Christmas morning!  The kids wen to bed fairly easy despite their excitement.  Then, Matt and I stayed up wrapping a few gifts.  Our big gifts to Dane and Eliza were scooters and Emma received a play kitchen.

Christmas morning is always such a great time.  To hear the squeals as the kids catch their first sight of the tree… and presents!  Dane and Eliza both came rushing into our room to tell us Santa had been there.  We opened our stockings and oohed and ahhed over their scooters and kitchen.  Then onto breakfast!  We have decided (at least for now) we like the tradition of waffles on Christmas morning.  That tradition is a little lost on the kids (as they would rather just have oatmeal) but Matt and I sure appreciate the tradition!

Once Grandpa and Grandma arrived we opened the rest of the gifts!  Dolls, marble run, clothes, magna forms, Sofia, and Spiderman!  We had a few happy little kids that morning!