everywhere we go....
We finally have a little snow on the ground. Just a light dusting - nothing crazy - but enough to make me happy! We have 5 Christmases planned for our family with today being the first one :)
Today the kids opened their present from each other. Since they (and I) knew these would most likely be toys we decided to open them this morning and let them spend the day playing with their new toys. I like to space the gift opening out so they can enjoy each gift as they receive it, before moving on to the next one.
Saturday morning (Christmas eve) the kids will get to open the presents from us. We stuck to simplicity this year. We got them a John Deere farming board game to share. The boys are each getting their own copy of the newest Wimpy Kid book (they don't even know it's out yet - so it will be a great gift) and Montana is getting a Barbie DS game. Barbie games seem hard to come by so when I saw one on Black Friday for a great price, I snatched it right up. For their main gift each of our kids are getting a "coupon book". I didn't want to buy the kids toys for Christmas and I wanted something that would last all year so I had an idea to make them coupons to use all year. There are 52 in each book and they will be allowed to use one per week. Some of them are for simple things like no chores for a day, a bag of chips, or a day off of school. Others are for bigger things like going to a movie at the theater, staying the night in a hotel, or going to the pool (in the summer). I am really excited about this gift and I hope they will be too. The anticipation is killing me!!!!
Saturday night we will celebrate Christmas at Kevin's grandparents home. We will have soup for supper followed by opening gifts. Kevin's grandma is a wonderful cook (like most grandmas) so we really look forward to this tradition each year.
Sunday morning we will go to Sunday School and church. I absolutely love it when Christmas is on a Sunday - it just makes it seem so much more special. After church we will go to Kevin's dad's home and celebrate Christmas with Kevin's dad & stepmom, his 2 sisters and their husbands. No one else in Kevin's family has children so this is usually our biggest Christmas. I happen to know that they are getting some pretty cool gifts this year since Kevin had to help assemble the bicycle and mini-bike :)
Next week we will be back to school, but that doesn't mean Christmas is over for us!! New Year's weekend we will celebrate with my side of the family. This is where all the cousins are so this is usually our loudest, craziest, most chaotic Christmas (I love every minute of it!). My dad and mom, 3 sisters (and 2 husbands) will all be there, plus all 11 of our kids ranging in age from 11 months to 12 years old. We will most likely spend all day Saturday at my parent's home (and probably part of Sunday). It will be really great to have everyone there at the same time since it doesn't work out very often.
I am really looking forward to Christmas and spending time with our families. Christmas is the most joyous season of all. Knowing that our Savior was born to free us from all our sins fills my heart with warmth. If you don't know Jesus, Christmas is the perfect time of year to meet him - as a baby in the manger!
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