Unfortunately I do not know how to upload video. If anyone wants to teach me I promise to be a good student ;-)We did not take a lot of pictures on Christmas because we were too busy taking video.
Christmas Eve we went out to breakfast (thanks to the Richins). We then came home and made Christmas cookies for Santa. Ryan fell asleep so he missed the cookie making he was more than happy to eat the cookies once he woke up. After the cookies we made hot chocolate, Jamie and I gave each child a bell and we watched "The Polar Express" after the movie we headed for the Langfords for dinner. We are so thankful for the Langfords. They give us a place to go every Christmas Eve.
Late that night we found "Santa" in our living room putting gifts under the tree. I taped it. The kids loved the video but Aubree scolded me. Telling me if Santa saw me I may have ruined Christmas for them! She also said Santa was much thinner than she imagined (Santa thanks her I am sure). Poor Aubree woke up 2 hours before anyone else. I got up with her and we read the story about our Savior. We got to talk about the true meaning of Christmas. It was a tender moment for me. Luke is at the "all about me" stage. Whenever we talked about Jesus' birth he listened but just wanted to be sure even though it was Jesus' birthday he still got Christmas gifts. Ryan is still pretty much clueless. It brings me happiness to know at least for now one child gets it! Once the kids got up Aubree suggested we say a family prayer before we open gifts so we did. That little girl is so thoughtful.
That evening our neighbors and dear friends came over for Christmas dinner. Jamie under cooked the steak and poor Scott just sat there with bloody meat on his plate without a complaint. Thank goodness Jamie noticed. He put all the steak back on the grill.Good dinner, great friends and an awesome family! We could have not asked for a better Christmas!
