We had a great Christmas this year. It was just the 5 of us this year with no extended family. But, we ended up having a very nice Christmas despite that. (This is probably our 4th or 5th Christmas with just us, so we're getting used to it.) On Christmas eve, the boys decorated gingerbread houses, which has been a tradition of ours for the past few years. Here are the masterpieces. (The boys decorated them all on their own with no help from us, as you can tell from how beautiful they are!)
Then, that night, we had Christmas Eve dinner with some friends, the McBrides and Fitgeralds. We had a nice dinner and then let the kids act out the nativity as we read the story from the Bible. They did really well and it was very cute! Landen was Joseph and Nathan was a shepherd. Carter was going to be baby Jesus, but he was asleep and we didn't want to wake him up. So, luckily, Cole (who is only 2 days older than Carter) stepped in performed the role rather nicely! The three dads were very good sports and played the wise men. After the nativity, we had a white elephant gift exchange. We are grateful to have such good friends to spend Christmas Eve with. Thank you McBrides for having us over!
Top L: Nathan and Tessa as Shepherds, Top R: Landen and Anna and Cole, Bottom L: the whole cast, Bottom R: Tessa, Landen, Anna, and Nathan
The boys in their new Christmas PJ's that Nana and Grandpa Matt gave them.
Christmas morning- Checking out what Santa brought.
Here is Carter after opening presents. I guess all the excitement made him tired!
Boys showing off what Santa brought them.
Carter's First Christmas!
We were so lucky that it snowed most of Christmas Eve a and then stayed around till Christmas day. So, we had a white Christmas. I haven't had one of those in a while, and it reminded me of home! It was great! So, we took advantage of the snow (while it lasted- we had to hurry!) and played in it. The boys loved it. They had a snowball fight, made snow angels and built a snowman (if you can call it that).
The world's smallest snowman!
Not everything is bigger in Texas!
Not everything is bigger in Texas!
5 comments:
That snowman cracked me up. Your boys look so handsome!
How fun!!! Glad you got a taste of home for Christmas. Snow in Texas, that's gotta be pretty rare!
I LOVE the snowman- that is the best! It looks like you guys had a great Christmas! I love the pictures of the boys doing the nativity. We tried so hard to get our boys to act it out, but they refused- so we just read it instead. You guys are just so cute, and Carter is getting so big- I love the sleeping picture of him in his bouncer- that is the best!
Your boys are seriously the cutest!
LOVE the snowman - awesome!
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