The kids in their new Christmas pajamas
For Christmas Eve we were expecting to be in our new house, but it hadn't happened, so we made the best of it! All of our decorations were packed away, so we just used our little tree and luckily, a friend of Josh's had made us some stockings so we had some to use since ours were packed away. Everything turned out just right! :) On Christmas Eve morning Josh had to go help at the new house, so the kids and I made some cookies together for Santa. This year we made some caramel filled chocolate cookies with chocolate on top and Christmas sprinkles. They turned out really yummy! That afternoon we met Josh's sister Melissa, her kids and her boyfriend Chris at the theater and saw the movie "The Princess and the Frog". It was a cute movie! Afterward we went and got some frozen yogurt. We headed home to do our Christmas Eve activities. For our Christmas Eve dinner we made a tradition out of last years dinner and had a cheese, fruit, and cracker tray with lots of exotic type cheeses. It was lots of fun and really yummy! After dinner we sat down together and read the Christmas story from the bible. We didn't have our nativity, unfortunately, but we did have a picture of the nativity that we were able to use to illustrate the story. Afterward, we each opened a Christmas Eve gift (pajamas). We set out cookies and milk for Santa and the kids went to bed! We had a really fun day!
Our Christmas tree with presents on Christmas eve.
We had a fun Christmas this year! It was fun to just spend the whole day at home together as a family - house or no house. Christmas morning we woke up and saw that Santa had come!
We had fun exchanging gifts. It was fun to see the kids get so excited about exchanging gifts with each other. They loved picking out their gifts this year. This year the family got a Wii from Santa! Everyone was excited about that. Santa also brought a play kitchen set for the kids. Isaac got a Star Wars Lego set, Star Wars figures, Operation, a microscope and some other things. Parker got a Geotrax Airport, a microphone, some toy tractors, Mousetrap, and some other things. Bryce got a Little People train, some Mickey Mouse books and a Mickey stuffed animal, Memory, and more! Josh got some massage therapy/disability books that he had been wanting, a massage gift certificate, a Geogami set, and some hot sauces from around the world. I got some curlformers, a pocket knife, a deep-fryer/steamer. We got lots of games and movies this year. It was fun!
After presents we had our traditional breakfast casserole. The kids were having so much fun I could hardly get them to eat anything. For Christmas dinner we had beer-battered coconut shrimp (YUM!), my Grandma's seafood pasta salad, and a green greek type salad. 
Christmas Dinner
All the gifts set out by the tree.
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