Thursday, December 31, 2009

Christmas 2009

Christmas was great this year. We really tried to scale down the present giving and focus much more on the true meaning of Christmas. We only gave the kids three presents each to represent the three presents that were given to Christ. We also read lots of scriptures, lots of Christmas storie, and watched The Nativity Story. I tried really hard to help Caden understand what Christmas is really all about, but he didn't really grasp it. He just wanted to know if were going to have birthday cake on Christmas because it was some guy named Jesus' birthday.

I tried to take a few pictures of my boys in their Christmas outfits. My photo shoot did not go as planned, but the pictures are adorable anyway.







On the 23rd, we had the Sullivan family Christmas party. Vivienne made a fabulous dinner and we did a recreation of the Christmas story. Here is a picture of the cast.

Cierra as the angel

Carol, Grandma Tiede, Mackenzie


On Christmas Eve, we had the Morrow/DuBreuil family Christmas party. Megan and I made lasagna and everyone else provided the rest. We sang some Christmas songs and let the kids open their Christmas eve pajamas.





Caden and Tanner showing off their new PJ's

Chad nursing the gingerbread man and me nursing Tyler


Christmas morning was so much fun. Caden had been asking for a Batman cave for months and then when it was finally time to see what Santa brought, he ran right past it. We had to turn him around and show him where it was. Then he fell on the ground and hugged it. After presents, we went over to my Mom's for our traditional Christmas breakfast and to open a few more gifts.

Waiting to see what Santa brought

Tyler checking out his loot

The long awaited Batcave

Cierra got an iPod shuffle from the big man

Santa brought Kenz a portable DVD player

Present Time!





Chad and Tyler

Megan, Tanner, Cierra

Kenz showing off the awesome set of pom-poms that she got from Tanner

5 comments:

Vivienne said...

What a great Christmas! Much better than last year!
Vivienne

Heather said...

I bet Caden is picking up on a lot more than you realize. I am glad you had a Merry Christmas!

Michelle Wilkes said...

Looks like lots of fun! The Nativity costumes have definitely gotten better since 1985.

kelly anne said...

caden hugging the batman cave = my favorite.
if i got a bat man cave, i would hug it too.

Karebear said...

It was so fun to read through your blog. Thanks for the e-mail letting me know. It was nice to read through it all and to know that there were smiles on all of your faces while your were/are going through such hard times. (and just so you know, I won, Anna got a baby doll for Christmas, I love that she is still so little)