Christmas is always so fun with kids bringing a little of the magic and excitement to the celebration. My kids were with me till around noon, so I got to sleep in a little bit-with Cambria not being the early riser my kids are. Cambria was so fun to watch this year as she was old enough to enjoy what was going on. Santa was really good to her this year!
Brielle got a cute hat made by Aunt Cindee- and she was just happy playing with, ripping, and eating tissue paper:)
Thomas and Keira immediately went to see what Santa left them once they got here. So fun to see their excitement!
Eventually, they made their way to look in their stockings
Normally we do this Christmas Eve, but since the kids weren't with me, we postponed it till Christmas night. Drawing names to see who plays what part, we did our annual nativity
This was our first time trying a night in Bethlehem themed dinner. It wasn't received with very much enthusiasm as most preferred the hearty big feast with lots of meat. Oh dear, we are spoiled:)
Christmas came and went so fast! New Year's Eve, the boys broke out their firecrackers and other really noisy fireworks...a little bit of fun for them before Jacob leaves.
The kids had fun watching it, too
I let Thomas and Keira stay up this year for the count down. Keira conked out around 10:30 while I was reading stories to them. She sure tried to stay up, though:) So, this is Thomas and I giving our toast to the New Year! 2014- Whoop! Whoop!
New Year's Day we took Jacob to the MTC. It was a quick drop off, they give you a whole 2 minutes to say goodbye. Jacob did amazingly well. What a great way to start off the year-dedicating your life to serving the Lord. Proud of you Jacob!
Jacob was greeted by a missionary also going somewhere in Japan
See you in 2 years!
We hope you all had a fun Christmas and a happy New Year! Love you!
GREAT PICTURES!! Thank you so much as it gave us closure seeing him going off with his companion. Sooooo good!! he will do great! lv gm
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