CHRISTMAS DAY 2008

Christmas Day 2008 was AWESOME!!!!! The night before we went to church as a family. Our friends Daniel Wisler and Casey Jo Snyder joined us. The boys were a little tired but overall we had fun.

The boys slept through the night. I wanted to get them up at 2:30, just after we put them to bed at 1:30 to open presents but Jeff said "no". Then I wanted to get everyone up at 5:30 and again Jeff said "no". Finally, at 7:30 a.m. I begged to get the boys up.

They were so excited. I first made them put on the Santa hats and the HO HO HO shirts. Then they opened their stockings. For Christmas Aaron got an IPod Shuffle (silver) with his name engraved on the back, a bath robe and lots of art stuff. He really enjoys drawing. Daniel got a red IPod Shuffle with his name engraved on it, a bath robe and an alarm clock CD player. Sean got (can you guess?) a blue IPod Shuffle with his name engraved on it, a bath robe and a Star Wars Lego kit. I got some perfume and a Sudoku book. I am totally addicted to Sodoku. Yesterday I did Sodoku for three hours. I love the problem solving. Jeff got a fleece pull-over and a book that he has already read.(oops) LuLu and Zoey got toys in their stocking. I will upload more pictures later.

For dinner I made meatloaf, macaroni and we had the bread that the Whitaker family gave to us. It was a nice candle light dinner. It was a great day.

Thank you Lord for blessing our family.

Christmas Eve 2008

Today we spent the day cleaning up the house. I currently feel like organizing the whole house. This also means the boys have to clean :).

We went to Kentucky to visit family over the weekend. We celebrated Christmas with both families. The boys got lots of gifts and money. They were so excited. We enjoyed spending time with our families. Jeff's family still gets together with his Dad's brothers and sister and their kids. It was lots of fun to see the Sims family. For my family we had lunch at my parents with all of my sisters and their families. My Dad wasn't feeling well so I was sad that he could not get around and enjoy the day.

Tonight we are going to church at midnight. I am looking forward to seeing old friends. This will also be Daniel's first time to take part in the Communion.

Tomorrow morning will be so much fun watching the boys unwrap their gifts. They are so excited. I remember getting up really early to open presents when I was a little girl and then going to my grandparents for the day. Tomorrow we will spend the day together, have our traditional meatloaf (yes I said meatloaf) and macaroni with cheese. My kids are Guatemalan, they don't like the traditional ham or turkey Christmas dinner. Last year I made meatloaf and they said it reminded them of Guatemala so that is now our new family tradition.

Enjoy the family pictures. I will post again after Christmas with our pictures.

MERRY CHRISTMAS. Thank you Jesus for being our Blessed Savior!!!!!!