I can vividly remember the excitement I felt as a kid on Christmas morning. I remember wanting to go to bed as early as possible on Christmas Eve just so it would come faster. And then laying in bed what seemed like all night long WIDE AWAKE, because I was too excited to fall asleep. Well not a whole lot has changed for me. I am still anxious to get home and get to bed, I still have a hard time falling asleep, and I still wake up BEFORE everyone else. This year, I woke up around 6am with butterflies in my stomach (and a slight hunger pain, but that is beside the point) I layed there waiting until Lola woke up around 6:30, then Chase came in around 7am, we all cuddled for a while Matt got up and took a shower and made me breakfast (I really am much more pleasant when I'm fed!) And finally at 7:30 we couldn't take it anymore, It was time to wake up the others.
As you can tell in these pictures they all had mixed emotions about being woken up. The first one being... "Why are you waking me up?"
but then it quickly changed to "Oh Yeah! It's Christmas!"
There is something almost magical about seeing your living room for the first time. You take that second to soak it all in...
And then... it's "Go Time!"
Santa Delivered!
After we did our own thing, we went to Gardner's for breakfast.
Then we went over to Thompson's. My parents did a fun BINGO game for the kids. They had TONS of fun prizes for them to choose from. The kids absolutely loved it, and they all went home with garbage bags full of stuff.
I realize this post has been all about presents and food, and that has definitely been a fun part of our Christmas. But that has not been what has made it special. I have loved spending this month celebrating the birth of our Savior. I feel the blessings of his true gospel in every aspect of my life. I hope you all do too, and wish you all a very Merry CHRISTmas!
