Christmas has come again. Christmas is such an exciting time in our house. The kids look forward to it all year.
A different tradition that we have than most people is our stockings. My mom made all of our stockings (except for Canyon's which I made after my mom's eyesight got too bad to cross stitch anymore) & they are HUGE & beautiful. Stockings are my favorite tradition. Santa doesn't fill our stockings, we fill each other's stockings. The kids collect things throughout the year or save up their money to buy some candy or a trinket to put in each other's stockings. Every year they seem to get fuller & fuller & fuller & the kids look forward to filling them for each other. It's really special. We always open stockings very last on Christmas day. . . after presents. . . after breakfast.
The kids must have have been good this year because Santa brought them all sorts of fun things. The boys got a big AI racetrack with 3 remote controlled cars to drive.
Taya got a Harry Potter lego set.
Cadence got a super adorable Hufflepuff jacket.
And Lorien got what she really really wanted: a new backpack & lunchbox.
The kids set their alarms for 5am (YIKES) & woke us up way too excited to see what Santa brought them.
We spent several hours opening presents & playing with what we got. The kids were in heaven.
The kids got presents from their grandparents, 3 from Trek & I, & a few family gifts from aunts & uncles which were super fun too. My friend Nancy gave us a TON of new clothes & shoes for the new year. She always spoils our family rotten.
Nancy got me a beautiful Tinkerbell necklace with a floating diamond inside. It's GORGEOUS.
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| My "daddy gift" this year was a new set of scriptures. My dad knows I love to mark up my scriptures when I study them & I needed new ones SO badly. |
After presents & after breakfast, we finally allowed the kids to open up their present from Auntie Tylee.
They were SHOCKED to open up a Nintendo Switch!
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| Thank you Auntie Tylee!! |
After breakfast, setting up the switch, & clean up. . . we finally sat down & opened up our stockings. The kids LOVE seeing what is inside their stockings. They also love yelling out "That is from me! I got that for you!"
I got a lot of wonderful things this year. Trek & my dad spoiled me with tons of new markers (for calligraphy, writing letters, for my planner, & just because I'm kind of obsessed with markers). My mom bought me an adorable vintage style swim suit. My dad got me my new scriptures & Trek also got me some cool electronic things to help me use my phone in my car & a new spice rack. And my friend Nancy completely spoiled me with new clothes, shoes, socks, & pretty jewelry.
It was a wonderful Christmas. We loved every second of being together, enjoying the magic, & all the fun. Merry Christmas everyone.
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