Last night was so fun! Kyle and I stayed up late watching our traditional Christmas Eve movie, “Four Chrismtases”. We always wrap presents, hang out and eventually wrap the kids’ doors with wrapping paper so they can’t sneak out in the middle of the night.
We stayed up so late that I didn’t hear Kyle’s alarm at 8 and slept until 8:35 even though the kids had been up since 6 or 7. Everyone had been up in the middle of the night, but had thankfully gone back to sleep!!
Once we were up and had blasted through our wrapped doors, we descended on the living room and enjoyed the excitement of the day and some gifts!! Breakfast followed, homemade sausage patties by Kyle, cinnamon rolls by Annie and eggs by me!! Everything was so fresh and warm, which we enjoyed while taking in the views of the white backdrop of the mountains from our big windows!!
Breakfast was devoured along with some candy from our stockings followed by a quick session of cleanup and getting dressed for our traditional Christmas morning picture of the kids.
After we read our favorite scriptures about Jesus and opened all the presents under the tree most of the kids seemed excited and content while others seemed disappointed and upset. Christmas has a profound effect on everyone depending on what your priorities are. Some of the kids and I took a minute to write on Kyle’s new Remarkable tablet about our favorite part of Christmas.
The rest of the day was spent watching movies (the Grinch, Small One and some mickey shorts), eating candy, playing video games, eating some schnitzel and kasespaetzle, dealing with intense 45+ mph winds and hail, chipping ice from the driveway, eating apple pie and hanging out with our family until after 9!
I Love the time we can spend together on Christmas as well as the blessing it is to give gifts and help others feel the Savior’s love throughout the season. Merry Christmas!!
