Christmas

We had a wonderdul Christmas!!! On Christmas Eve we did a program, as per tradition!!!We sang hymns, Matt read a Christmas book, I told the nativity story with pictures, Ethan and Luis did organ solos. It was great. We all opened 1 present and then off to bed went the kids! After the boys went to bed we watched "A Christmas Story" and drank hot chocolate. It was a great day. Santa really showed up for Ethan... and Jax and Jake. It was so fun to see the excitement, of all three of them! Christmas morning was fun. We all went downstairs at 8am and we opened presents! Mom and Dave loved the Marriott Gift Card, mom cried while reading the letter, of course. Jackson got a V-Reader and Cars 2 game to go with it. They both got 2 Living Scriptures DVDs... which is what they each opened on Christmas eve. Jake got a Fur Real puppy that barks and walks. He also got a Leap Frog scribble and write toy, but we took that back today and got something a little simpler for him to learn ABCs. Luis gave me a watch and my favorite perfume. I got Luis a red tie and matching cufflinks. Thank you to everyone who gave us gifts!!! We love them all! I can't say yet what mom and dave gave us because that would ruin it for everyone... so that will be revealed on Mom's blog later. Christmas dinner was amazing... Prime rib, ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry jelly, carrots and greenbeans with mushroom soup! DELICIOUS!!! We were going to make apple crisp after, but we were all so full and tired afterwards that we held off... we will make it sometime this week. After dinner the boys watched Polar Express and Matt, Junior, Ethan, Luis and I played the category game... you know, Grandma Doty's game??? Anyway, It was fun and Luis pretty much beat us everytime! And he's not even a Doty!!! We had a lot of fun and really enjoyed being able to be home this Christmas!!!