Sunday, February 07, 2016

Christmas 2015 just us

It was so easy this year to get lost in the holiday shuffle. It seemed like between kids events, finding Tick the elf every morning, and shopping for gifts it flew by so fast! This year was different because Gramma Rue was gone to Arizona, which she swore she would never do again...the build up to Christmas is so fun!

One thing I have sort of insisted upon the last few years was that our little family be home on Christmas morning...so we can just eat pancakes, open our presents and have a fun time just the 5 of us. This year was no different!

The kids have spent hours playing with their play doh toys. 



I was worried that Kenna would be disappointed in her ipod versus an iphone....but she was pretty stoked :)




Some of the most appreciated gifts were from santa - in the form of their favorite sugary cereal that mom would never buy them!



I loved watching the kids this year picking out gifts for their siblings...very thoughtful and sweet gifts. They were so excited to give and wrap them. McKenna spent almost an hour trying to wrap mine with terrible cheap dollar store paper that was really pretty, but impossible to tape...it was probably one of my best Christmas memories because she wanted it to be perfect so badly...and she tried so hard before she came up in tears asking if I could help her. Such a sweet girl.



Zach got two books from us, Diary of a Minecraft zombie one and two....he sat there in the midst of opening presents and read the entire 1st book....I guess they were a hit!



I'm trying to relish this time when the kids still love santa and Tick the elf...all too soon they grow up and sleep in and don't come running down the stairs Christmas morning to see if the reindeer ate their carrots and santa drank his milk. I just love my family so very much!

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