Christmas

We had a great holiday season and Christmas. I really enjoyed coming up with new Christmas traditions for our family. There was lots of baking and cookie decorating, especially by Brayden who loves to help cook. We also had fun playing with the Elf on the Shelf. We took a fun family Christmas train ride also, with Santa, Rudolph and some cookies! I tried to help the boys learn about the real Christmas story by reading a Christmas book they got to open every night. I tried to make the story books all be about Jesus and His story. There were some really cute ones from the animals point of view and some in really simple words. The boys aren't great about being read to, so some nights it was a challenge. Brayden was so funny talking about "baby Jesus" outside because we have a inflatable manger scene in our yard,haha.

 

 

 

On the 23rd my moms brothers and their family came up to celebrate. We had a great lunch and played dirty santa. Christmas eve we went to church with my mom and steve. The rest of the night was spent at our house with my dads side of the family (35+ people). Christmas morning we had our time and then went to my moms for presents and breakfast. After that we headed to Brian's parents for lunch and presents. Lastly we headed back to my moms for dinner. It was a busy few days but filled with lots of family fun. Bennett still is not a fan of opening presents, he would rather just know what is inside. Brayden however loved opening everything for everyone! Bristol even enjoyed opening a few, the ones Brayden let her anyways.

The boys got lots of Toy Story things which they were thrilled about (good thing I decided they needed 2 buzz and woody or we would have had fights every day). They also got some Thomas the train stuff and trains. They also got a 8ft long hot wheels track! Bristol got some real Ugg boots from Mamaw to match mommys. She also got some fun girly toys and lots of cute outfits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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