Christmas!!!

Whew!  I'm almost done with 2012!  On to Christmas!

 

 On Christmas Eve we had our fancy dinner.  Looks like I forgot a table cloth this year.  Oh well!  The kids love eating on my china and drinking sparkling cider out of goblets.  They feel so special!  We had ham, funeral potatoes, green beans, homemade rolls and Christmas jello.  I think we just had sugar cookies for dessert.  It's hard to make dessert when there's so many sweets around from neighbors.

 

 Jacob, Nathan, Sarah and Jonah opened their Christmas pajamas!  Then we read a Christmas nativity book and some other Christmas stories, played a game and put the little 2 boys to bed.  We played a few more games with Jacob and Sarah before they went to bed too.  They love Jenga!

 

 I guess I was wrong about Blogger.  Grrrr!  Nathan thought he was supposed to WEAR his Christmas stocking!  He, he!!!

 

 Christmas morning the kids were led on a little scavenger hunt with clues that led them to THIS sign!  Yahoo!  We're going to Disney World!  And we're going with Grandma and Grandpa and all of our cousins!  Yep!  We had a family reunion with my side of the family in Orlando.  (More on that later.)  We've never taken our kids to Disney Land or World.  They tell us all the time how all the children in the whole world have gone and they haven't.  Yes.  We're mean parents.  We've been planning this trip for 2 years, and it was a hard secret to keep that long.  Grandpa was so excited he slipped up and told Jacob one day.  Luckily he did it on April 1st so when Jacob questioned me about going to Disney World I just said, "April Fool's!"  He totally bought it!  Whew!  That was a close one!  Needless to say, the kids were SO excited.  Jacob was dancing like crazy and yelling, doing the worm on the floor.  Nathan didn't know what it all meant, but everyone else was excited so he was too.  It's gonna be GREAT!

 

 The trip was their main gift, but they got a few other things too.  Jacob got the skateboard he'd been wanting along with a tie and a new deer calendar.  Jonah gave him a new BYU sweatshirt too.  The kids each got a Disney t-shirt, hoodie sweatshirt from Grandma and a water bottle to take on the trip.

 

 Sarah got an Easy Bake Oven.  She loves to cook.  Santa also left a little recipe book so we don't have to go buy all the expensive mixes.  In preparation for lunch with the princesses Sarah also received a new Rapunzel dress from Nathan since she hasn't had a new princess dress for a couple of years now.  Jacob and Sarah loved their new Tooth Tunes.  Hopefully it helps them brush their teeth longer!

 

 Jonah got a trailer truck with new Matchbox cars to load onto it.  Jacob gave him a green Transformer Rescue Bot which came with a DVD and has since become a favorite show and toy of both the younger boys.

 

Nathan got a Playmobile Fire Truck from Santa.  Sarah gave him a little Micky Mouse wagon to pull his stuff around in.  Little did she know how appropriate that gift would be!

 

We had a wonderful Christmas and feel so blessed to have so much and the opportunity to spend time with family.