We were really happy to have my parents and Rob come for Christmas this year 2009. The year before, Hallie was really upset and told me that we were ruining Christmas because no one was coming to spend Christmas with us and we weren't going anywhere. You can imagine how happy she was when she found out Grandma and Grandpa House and Uncle Rob were coming.
For Christmas Eve, Jim read the Christmas story in Luke 2, we sang some carols and each of the kids got to open up the gifts that they exchanged with one another. Jim never opened a gift on Christmas Eve in his family growing up, so he protested, but my family did, so I won this battle and it will now be a Christmas Eve tradition. Plus, opening the gifts they got for each other when there were no other gifts to be opened was more fun.
Yum, Yum! Formula!
A star wars action figure, of course. Obi Won Kinobi
Two of Lexie's favorite books. We love Jan Brett at our house.
A book of science experiments=a big mess, but a whole lot of fun!
Hallie's favorite--Lindor truffles.
Calvin picked out such a pretty bracelet for Kenedy. You can see the excitement on her face.
3 comments:
That is a beautiful tree and your house looked so great with the lights! I loved all the pics of Christmas Eve...Calvin sure does have great taste:) Looks like a lot of fun! I'm glad your parents and Rob could spend it with you.
I am so glad you had a wonderful Christmas with your family!
Thanks for sharing the pictures with us.
We must have put Jim to bed and then opened a gift Christmas eve...don't tell him. I remember opening one the eve of Christmas!
Kim
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