Christmas Time (was) Here

Well, we are a bit slow getting a post up about Christmas. We had a great time just being together this year. We didn't have anyone to go visit. No one came to visit us. We just stayed home all day and relaxed. It was kind of nice for a change. Christmas Eve we had dinner with some good friends in our ward. They cooked a turkey and a ham, and all the fixin's. (Thanks Boyds!! In all honesty, it was kind of nice to leave and not have to do all the dishes. Haha) After dinner, there was a brief program reminding us of the birth of our Savior. The Spirit of Christmas was in abundance. As the evening drew to a close, we gathered the kids and headed home. After the kids went to sleep, we got everything ready for Christmas morning.

Christmas morning was full of excitement. Luckily for us, the kids didn't get up till almost 8:00. Caleb came into our room and crawled into bed. I said, "guess what?". He yawned and said, "what?" Then I said, "It's CHRISTMAS!" He shot straight up and asked, "Did Santa bring me my Lightning McQueen bike!?" I laughed. He was SO excited. We spent the rest of the day opening presents, eating a good food, and just relaxing. Here are a bunch of pictures from our Christmas this year. Unfortunately, (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) most of the pictures are of the kids.










Santa Came!



The next picture cracks me up. It is Caleb's reaction when he saw the bike. I wish we had his reaction on video. It was priceless! Ever since he asked Santa for this bike at the beginning of December, he has been SO sure that this is what he was getting. Big thanks to Santa-Grandma for getting it for him.






This was Sawyer when he came downstairs. He wasn't quite awake yet.



















The boys also got a big circus tent from the other Santa-Grandma. They have been playing in it non-stop since Christmas. This is Sawyer sitting in the entrance to the circus. (As a side note - he is now off the bottle. YAY for him.)



Of course, as soon as we had finished opening presents, Caleb had to go ride his bike. He wouldn't listen to me and take it off any sweet jumps, but he did hit a few curbs and fall over. Also, he was cracking us up before we went outside because he had to wear every piece of Lightning McQueen clothing he could find. He has McQueen pajamas on, McQueen socks, and McQueen underwear. His red coat just topped the whole look off.












For Christmas dinner, we thought we'd break out the nice Christmas china that we have had for years but never used. Well, Sawyer decided to take the "breaking out" to a new level. When we weren't looking, he got hold of one of the plates. And when Stef came running to take it from him before he dropped it, Sawyer thought he was in trouble and threw the plate down as fast as he could. Needless to say, we are now one plate shy in our Christmas setting.







Sawyer thought eating the food wasn't fun enough, so he decided to wear it too. This kid is too much sometimes. LOL.