Christmas !!!!

The weekend before Christmas we went down to Arizona to Grandma and Grandpa Smarts house for our annual Christmas party. The kids got to play with cousins. Sierra and Hunter got to ride Grandpa's horse by themselves! Are these guys related or what? Mom went shopping to finish up for Christmas....yikes! Saturday night we went Christmas caroling on the hay wagon, talked about what we are grateful for, exchanged gifts and had a visit from Santa. Quite a night! We came home Sunday night, so it was a quick trip.

Christmas Eve we sang Christmas carols and looked at Christmas lights. We also had Chinese food from Pick up Stix (fah ra ra ra ra: Reference -The Christmas story). We also read the story of Jesus' birth of course. The kids also had fun tracking Santa on the NORAD web site. Of course every Christmas Eve they get to open one present...which is always pajamas!

Christmas for us was really fun! It was exciting for the kids....So exciting that those stinkers woke up at 3:00 a.m. Some went back to sleep. Others were yelling that they were hungry at 4:30 and yet the rule still stands...don't come downstairs until 6:00! I really think that is quite fair.They got presents they didn't think they would get because Mom already said no....especially to the turtle. I mean come on we are about the farthest thing from pet people. Animals are to eat. I told Sierra she should name her turtle "soup". My sister and her family and my brother came to dinner on Christmas night. I love Christmas! What am I going to do now without my Christmas music?