After spending the last 3 Christmas' in NM, Dale put his foot down and insisted we stay home this year for Christmas. It was one of my favorite Christmas's for our little family. On Christmas Eve, we brought a New Mexico tradition to our home and set out luminarias (paper lunch sacks with sand and lit candles in them)...
On Christmas morning the boys slept until 7:something at which time we pulled them into our bedroom and talked to them about the meaning of Christmas. We also got to tell them that Heavenly Father gave us a wonderful present this year...a
new baby! It was so much fun to see our boys' faces light up when we told them they get to be big brothers.
The boys got to open the presents Santa left under their little tree in their bedroom and we moved into the living room. Opening presents was so calm and relaxed. The boys would open a toy, play with it for a while, then we would move on without having to worry about rushing off somewhere or losing the toys in wrapping paper. Kimball and Cameron are very into Transformers right now and they got a lot of them from us which they play with daily (I always worry about investing in toys that won't be enjoyed!). They also got a new game, books, a Peanuts nativity from my aunt, a play castle, lincoln logs, pirate goodies and more.
We got to spend Christmas dinner with a family in our ward and then we got to come home and enjoy the rest of Christmas as a family. The boys are old enough to understand a great deal about Christmas, but they are definitely still little boys with limited attention spans ;). It was a magical Christmas to be remembered for sure!
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Congratulations!!!!! We are so excited for you and the boys are going to be great with the baby!
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