Merry Christmas!

We got to enjoy Christmas morning as a family. We had a good time with Deacon opening presents. It was so fun with him being older and seeing the joy on his face with every present he got to open.

Deacons really into, "Clifford, the Big Red Dog". A couple of weeks ago, he saw a stuffed animal Clifford at Target, he grabbed it and fell in love. It was sad to take it from him and put it back. He shed a tear. So a couple of days after, Jason and I went back and got that dog to give him for Christmas. He was thrilled when he saw it sitting next to the tree on Christmas morning.

Some bath toys.

Santa brought Jason and I some bikes! Woo-Hoo!

And Deacon got a Radio Flyer 500. He was a little skeptical at first...

But then fell in love!


After we got all dressed and ready for church we headed over to my parents house for the traditional "Poppy McMuffins", slush, homemade cinnamon rolls and to open a few presents. We didnt have much time, with our ward starting at 11, we had about 40 mins. It truly was an "Express Christmas". Everything happened SO fast that although I enjoyed breakfast, I didn't really get to 'enjoy' breakfast.

Kendal and I had each other for Christmas this year. I was lucky, she's so creative and talented. I'm not really a seamstress, but I enjoy sewing. I don't have a lot of supplies, so I asked for some sewing stuff this year. Among other things, she got a bunch of glass jars with lids and put different supplies in them...one for ribbon, thread, needles, buttons and each one of them labeled so cute, with a bobbin attached. I love it!

We said our goodbyes and rushed off to church. We had a good meeting, our wards Christmas program was the week before; which I would have loved it more to have been on Christmas day, but the meeting was still good. Just having Sacrament was just enough..I guess we were ansty to get and be together with family.

After church, we went home to change and headed to the Ellsworth's to spend the afternoon with them. We had a delicious feast. Ham, turkey, jello salad, rolls, Valeries yummy funeral potatoes and green been casserole. It was fun to be with the whole family. Although we missed the Rosenoffs!

Deacon had a nice nap while we ate, and woke up just in time to open presents.

Brennan and Tate got "Stomp Rockets" that Deacon was very impressed with. It's a good thing there were two to them cause when Deacon figured out how it worked, he kinda took over one of them.

We brought over Deacons little roller coaster, cause Luke got one too for Christmas, so they had a good time racing each other.

We had a Very Merry Christmas! And are grateful for all we have and have received. We are especially grateful for the humble birth of our Savior Jesus Christ and his Perfect example for us all. And for this time of year to reflect more on Him.