Christmas was a little low key this year. We had decided to put our money towards a family trip to be taken next summer, so the kids were not expecting to get anything. For most of the month the real estate under the tree was unused and available. Eventually a few gifts from the kids friends made their way under the tree and things looked better.
I had helped a friend and her husband with funding their toy company and in return I was sent three of their awesome swords. The boys were so surprised to open the large gift bags to find these interchangeable, awesome toy swords. The girls got new pajama pants and some other assorted goodies. Montana got tools and a first aid kit to take with him back to BYUI, as he is now the proud owner of a little beater truck.
Other things that made the holidays special;
- Band/Choir Concert - I always enjoy listening to my kids perform. Our new music teacher did a good job. Sadie was in the 8th grade band, high school band and the choir. Cambria was in the choir.
- Christmas dinner in Bluff - We went to Grandma's, along with Ford and Shiala, and the Eberlings on the Sunday before Christmas to have a nice dinner and to spend an evening together at the holidays. We also watched a driftwood buffalo burn….more about that coming
- Pandora Christmas music stations - usually I pull out the trusty old CD's we've had for years. But there was so much music available on Pandora that i never did get them out.
- We planned to do the 12 days of Christmas for someone. But due to my overwhelm with the ward Choir Christmas program it never happened. I had to take something off my plate :(
- Grandma gave us a 12 days of Christmas from the Bluff Fort box. In the picture below you see the bags hanging over the window as a garland. In each bag was a treat that corresponded to a story in a little book. So we read the story, ate the treat and played with the contents of the bags.
- We have our own little Christ-Centered Advent. It's a bit like a Mormon Jesse Tree. Instead of a tree we hang our little ornaments on a wreath. Each night we read the scripture that corresponds with the ornament and try to explain/understand who the ornament represents and how it typifies of Christ or witnesses of Christ. We've done it for about 3 years now and I love it. It brings in scriptures from the Book of Mormon as well as the Bible. I'm in the process of making felt ornaments rather than the paper ones I hurriedly made 3 years ago.
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| Watch out Bad Guys! |
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| My girls in their Christmas finery |
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| Gotcha with a mouthful again!! |
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| This was about the extent of our trash….pretty good for a family of this size |
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Ever since I made these cloth gift bags a few years ago we have had so much less trash after Christmas.
They have served us well! |
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