The drama this year, that preceded Christmas morning, was pretty intense. This was the first year that everyone had their own room. In the past, the boys have slept together on Christmas Eve and opened their stockings together VERY early in the morning while Liberty, Rock and I sleep till the very late hour of 7:00 AM. But this year they all wanted to try something new or at least a variation of some kind. A large portion of Christmas eve was spent arguing about where to sleep and how to open stockings and where to open them and who to open them with. It was quite ridiculous, and you’d have thought these were life and death decisions based on our dinner conversation that night. After much lengthy discussion, some slamming of doors and some hurt feelings, we managed to find a solution they could all agree on. It was a little different and a little the same and Rock and I got to sleep till 7:00 so that’s all I cared about.

It was fun this year to see the kids excitement at giving gifts they paid for and picked out completely on their own. I didn’t get all of them, but here’s a few.

We had a relaxing day playing with toys, sleeping and eating lots of junk food. Levi and Cade worked on their amazing 3D puzzles. Cade finished his on Christmas and Levi a few days later. Here are the finished products. They actually work!

That evening we joined the rest of my family for Christmas dinner. Thank you to all who gave us gifts and made our Christmas Merry.

Last but not least, here is a sweet video from Christmas Eve. Levi playing Silent Night for the first time on the guitar.

Christ the Savior is Born!