Christmas...Finally

Our holiday season this year was very calm and relaxed. Usually we travel to NC or Boise to see family, but this year we just stayed here and vacayed at our house. Mikey had almost two weeks off and we all enjoyed spending extra time with him. Avery is still asking, almost a month later, "does Daddy get to skip work again today?" (We tried to explain that he was taking vacation time and not just skipping). We did enjoy a fun visit from Mikey's family for a few days after Christmas - somehow I didn't get any pictures of their trip!

Christmas Eve we made our cookies for Santa, ordered pizza, and watched a movie. We also watched the nativity movie, but the kids were falling apart before we could do our annual "live nativity". Maybe next year.

Christmas Day was so much fun this year...with a 5 and a 3 year old, this was our most exciting Christmas yet. Aidan LOVED the whole Santa thing and was so happy to get the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse play set that he had asked for. Avery was very happy to finally get her beloved Ruthie American Girl Doll. I don't think I have ever seen her quite that happy! We spent the rest of our day playing with the new toys and calling our families. I fixed an awesome Christmas dinner, even if I didn't get it finished until after 7...oops. Better late than never!