Christmas

We sure had a very merry Christmas this year!  Honestly my favorite Christmas yet with the kids!  I always loved the excitement when they were younger but the excitement, anticipation and appreciation of the kids being a little older was icing on the cake!  They anticipated all our traditions and were beyond excited carrying out each one.  They tore into their presents but then sat admiring what they had received instead of tossing it to the side and grabbing the next!  They sat at the dinner table after eating and participated in our conversations.  Oh such a good Christmas it was!

So thankful to attend a church that had live Christmas Eve services!  

Our Christmas Eve always consists of a few fun minute to win it games!  

The kids also loved the Santa's beard game.  They had to fish out gum drops from the whip cream, which resulted in a whip cream Santa beard for each of them!

This is one of the few cousin pictures we have and its so stinkin cute!  Love these 5 with all my heart!

Mason, Jett and Ellis all got a dump truck that could pull up to 50 lbs.  Instead of being pulled, the boys all sat on their dump trucks and slowly rode them around the house all night long.  

After so many laps around the boys put on costumes to spice it up!

We always love singing happy birthday to Jesus after our evening of fun.  We never want the kids to lose sight of the real reason for celebrating Christmas!

The kids hooked up Santa with cookies and milk and left carrots and plenty of reindeer food scattered on the driveway and throughout the front yard for the reindeer!

The most priceless moment was Harper opening her Santa gift which happened to be a hoverboard.  She asked for years and we've always said she couldn't have a hoverboard because of safety issues.  We weren't ready for broken bones!  She finally gave up asking this year and asked for a ripstick instead.  When she opened her Santa gift and discovered the hoverboard she was in complete shock and had a smile from ear to ear!  She is definitely a BIG believer of Santa!!!

Mason wanted a 10+ person tent and Santa delivered!  We had a backyard campout the night after Christmas to test it out!  Love these kind of nights with the kids!  Games, giggles, snuggles and snacking until the wee hours!

The tent has a portioned off room on the backside which Mason instantly claimed.  He was so excited to have his own room for the first time since he was a baby!

We were all sad to see the Christmas season come to an end but we look forward to everything 2021 has in store for our family!