This year we had Christmas in our new house. It was exciting and a little bittersweet to be in a different house. I think spending the holidays here made it feel like home much more quickly. We now have memories in this house with family and friends which is what a home is all about.
Our Christmas Eve was much less hectic than in years past. Mostly because Dave worked on some special projects at work that I wasn't expecting him to do and the presents that were left to wrap weren't as large or hard to wrap. We made our cookies for Santa on Chrismtas Eve and was in luck that Channing had plenty of cutouts for me to use! The boys had fun cutting out and frosting the cookies. Jaxson has been very into art lately took this job very serious trying for more intricate decorations. The frosting we had to work with probably wasn't the best but he had fun trying. Asher loved the sprinkles. Sprinkles on everything!
Christmas morning couldn't have come fast enough, but not before a little breakfast. Our boys are not ones to tear downstairs and want to open gifts. They woke up a touch earlier than usual but both agreed they definitely wanted breakfast before doing any gifts. Their patience is one thing I am most proud of them for. Once it was time Asher played Santa and separated all the gifts into piles for each of us and we opened them one by one. At Christmas at my Grandma's house all the grandkids always wanted to play Santa. With 13+ of us it was a pretty big deal to get to do it!
For Christmas dinner we hosted Dan, Anne, and Ava along with Larry. It is so nice to have a space large enough to host people. Anne had a great idea to get a photo of all of us together using the tripod so I found all the pieces and set it up. It didn't take much effort and was definitely worth it!
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