Christmas Time 2009

We have done so much this holiday season. It has been a ton of fun. We went and saw Christmas lights, visited Santa, listened to Christmas music, watched the typical movies, celebrated being another year older, went to many Christmas parties, and started new traditions and did some old ones. Some of our new traditions were decorating a gingerbread house. We had so much fun doing that. Everybody helped and there was no fighting (SHOCKER!!). We had a visitor in our house for the holiday season, his name was Jolly Buttons Brough. We bought one of those Elf on a Shelf kits. He appeared in a different place every morning and sometimes brought a note for the kids. Some of our existing traditions we did were decorating homemade sugar cookies Christmas Eve, new jammies to wear to bed Christmas Eve, fondue dinner @ my mom's Christmas Day, and listening to the story about the first Christmas.
It has been so much fun this season. Our kids are a little older and understand it more. They were so excited they literally couldn't sleep. Fletcher was baby Jesus twice this year, Isabelle was Mary twice, Jarrett was a very sick lamb and Joseph, and McGregor was a shepherd twice. We loved the time we got to spend with our extended families. Jodi( Ben's mom) came to visit Christmas Eve and stayed through the 29th. We had so much fun with her here. It was fun to have her here with us Christmas morning and be able to celebrate this holiday with her. My kids love when she comes. We were able to do a dinner with her and Ben's brother Dillon and his wife Crystal Sunday. It was great because we don't get to see any of them very often.
We have such an awesome season, a bit stressful at times, but amazing. People are amazing, they have such big hearts, especially this time of year. We have made some awesome memories this season. It will be a holiday to remember. Merry Christmas to all and we wish everyone a very happy New Year!