Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Christmas!

Christmas is such a fun holiday. Having children to enjoy this time of celebration with is so amazing. We had a terrific Christmas. It was a bit sketchy there, both boys were barfing up on Friday so I thought we were in for a quiet Christmas. Amazingly they both woke up the next day looking and feeling much better. They weren't totally themselves we had a few interesting moments. There was a Christmas Eve Skate at the community rink so we thought it would be a fun family activity to venture to. Our kids loved the idea on the way there, but once they were on the ice they both had melt downs. It was actually quite comical. Some of you may of saw us there, ya we were the family with the two screaming boys arms outstretched following there parents around the ice. Ry and I finally looked at each other laughing and said ya lets cut our losses and go. Once we left everyone was fine and after a bit of rest at home their spirits were up once again. That evening we went with nana, papa, grandma, grandpa and cousins to church at Brunette Fellowship in Maple Ridge. We were blown away by the Christmas service. It was so child friendly. They included the kids in a few songs, and had some awesome music, one lady shared a short testimony and then at the end they had goodie bags for all the kids. It was really cute. After the service we went out for dinner with Nana and Papa, then back to our house to prepare for Santa's arrival. Our kids were soooo excited. They set out their cookies and milk along with carrots for the reindeer of course followed by a Christmas story with dad and off to bed.

We woke up the next morning to Josh "mommy daddy its Christmas its Christmas, oh hold on a second I will be right back" before I could adjust my eyes to an awaken state he returned "ok I am dressed lets go downstairs". We had a few stall tactics but they only got us so far. Once our kids saw that Santa had come they were bouncing with excitement. Our tradition (passed on from Ryan's parents) is that the stockings are hidden around the house, so the first job of the morning is to begin the stocking hunt. So the boys did just that. The morning was full of the reading of the Jesus Birth, gift opening and breakfast. We had to wake our little princess up at 10am, she hasn't been feeling all that great she had a bad cold, and has been sleeping quite late. We woke her and she had some catching up to do with her gifts, but her brothers were very capable aids. After we finished our morning we headed over to grandma and grandpa's for more Christmas fun. We had the same fun festivities there accompanied with an amazing dinner mom made. It was delicious. Christmas Day is my moms birthday, I always feel bad for her having to cook this huge meal on her birthday, but she never complains. And trust me the feast was grand and delicious. We had a competitive game of Rumoli that night....of which I was of no threat, I borrowed more then I ever won. Don't even remember who was declared the winner...Maybe Sharon, Becky or Cara Lee. We had a terrific day with family.

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