We decided to stay here at home for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day since daddy had the flu and didn't want to expose anyone else! It was nice just being home, making our own traditions, and enjoying each other! The kids had fun, too, but we sure did miss our family!
Kendall and Sam being silly in front of the tree!
Sam practicing shooting his nerf gun!
Precious!!
Kendall and mommy getting our "Happy Birthday, Jesus" cake ready!! Kendall licking the icing off her fingers!!
Silly Sam!
Of course, mama doing what she does best...laundry!!
2 Thumbs up from daddy! We are glad he was feeling better!
The "masked" man and his babies! Thankfully, no one else got the bug!
Pretending to blow out the play-dough birthday cupcakes for themselves!
This face...so innocent looking but so mischevious!
Sister had her bath and looking so pretty!
The annual "sit in front of the tree with your present" picture!
They got to pick one gift to open. Kendall got a Columbia jacket and Sam got a Cars book, which he loves!!
Sprinkling out our Reindeer food!
Looks like Santa paid a visit to our house!!
I have no idea why we have no pictures of the kids with their presents!!! I guess we ended up letting that slip by us! However, Kendall got a trampoline, some pajamas, some new boots, and a stocking full of fun stuff, including the frozen earrings she wanted. Sam got a race track (which had to be returned to Santa's toy place for not working), a Cars Scooter, and a stocking full of stuff that he liked!
Our biggest gift, though, was the envelope that mommy and daddy had put on the Christmas tree revealing the gender of the new baby! We allowed the kids to open it up and Kendall got to reveal the news to all of us! It was a shock for her to read "female", but we were excited and she was super giddy about it! Sam said he wanted a boy! :) Anyway, it was so much fun to have that surprise waiting on us on Christmas morning!
After the eventful morning, we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus and went out to get the trampoline put together for the kids! Poor daddy--flu and all--had to do that, but luckily the weather as beautiful and the kids were able to enjoy the outside while we got the trampoline put together!
We are so blessed to have the gift of Jesus in our lives, and we were able to celebrate that with our kids and allow them to know the true meaning of Christmas!
Happy Birthday, Jesus!
After the trampoline was put together, the kids played and played on it!
