The best parts of Christmas included seeing family and of course the presents that were both given and received.
Spence took the week after Christmas off and I think that was the very best part of Christmas (I am pretty sure this will be the case every year). All of Spencer's family was in town and most of my family was in town. It was great to see Ty and Meghan and their girls. We don't see enough of them since they live in Ohio.
Each year there are always a few presents that stand out. This year it was fabulous to see Madelyn get so excited about new dress ups that she received from her grandma and grandpa Stephenson. She is such a girl. I just love it.
Madelyn's Aunt Christina and Uncle Nathan made this puppet show stand for her to play with Spence. So CUTE! Of course she loved it and we have been having puppet shows since Christmas.
For Spencer's mom we scanned (it was really just me) in all of the photos from the photo albums she has compiled since Christina (the oldest) was born. It took me about four days of scanning. I was glad when it was done. It was fun to do something besides buying something at the store.We got my Dad this gun. I say "this" gun because I am not sure how to correctly name it. It is a 30 30 or something like that. My oldest brother Becton picked it out. He knew that my dad has wanted one for a long time and he was right. My dad was pretty excited to get it. apparently it is pretty fun to shoot. During the week after Christmas the guys went shooting and now Spence wants the same gun.
We did the nativity at my parents house on Christmas day. The kids thought it was great. Madelyn was an angel who had a gift for Jesus, like the wise men. She kept holding it up high and looking at it over and over again.
And we made it to see the lights, though by the time we got to temple square and met up with everyone our kids were very tired...so we did not stay long. Such is the life of parents with little ones.
It was a great Christmas and I am already excited for next year.
3 comments:
what a great shot of your dad with the gun. he's like a big kid! :)
glad we could spend a little of chrsitmas together!!
looks like it was a wonderful time of year for your family. so glad so many of you were able to be together!
Isn't is so great when your hubby gets to take time off? Especially around the holidays. It's nice to have their help, especially during such a chaotic time. Glad you had a great Christmas. (I'm already excited for next year, too.) :)
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