The stockings were hung by the chimney, with care,
in hopes that they wouldn't get torn off.
The children were all over the house and not in their beds
while visions of presents and candy filled their heads.
And mamma in her jammies and dad in his levis,
While going out of our minds, we heard such a clatter,
Ben and i sprung to see what was the matter,
Away to the living room, we flew like a flash,
to find little Shiloh, tipped over the Christmas tree...
Everything was a mess...
Oy.... it was hectic, our only way to get them to bed, was to actually say , " if you don't go to bed, Santa wont bring you anything"
They finally did... In the morning we heard Jasper's door open, and tip toeing out to see the presents, i secretly smiled in bed, he came in,
MOMMY DADDY!!! SANTA CAME!!! PRESENTS!!! THERE ARE TONS OF PRESENTS!!! SANTA CAME!!!! COME LOOK!!!!
We got up, for once Shiloh stayed asleep till 9 and than we had to wake him up. We had to do alot today, We opened gifts and everything was perfect. The kids were happy and so were we to see that they liked what we got them...oh excuse me... what Santa got them...
We had an unexpected stresser come up.. we were planning on going to my parents for breakfast, until Bens parents told us, they would be gone in a few hours... Jasper wanted to give gifts to Taylor and Everyone, he was excited.. and than they dropped the bomb that Taylor had to work at noon.... so that was a bigger stress, i got Tay's name for Christmas, so i needed to go get him the present before he left... so i called my parents and gave them the news that we wouldnt get to come to the traditional breakfast... It was 10:30... we quickly left, i felt bad that the kids couldnt play with their toys much... but we went, we gave the presents and opened them there, and quickly left for my parents.
We ate the traditonal smoothe pancakes my mom makes. Jasper ate 3 but that doesnt suprise us he loves pancakes anyways im getting bored lets getto the pictures and stuff. Everyone loved thier gifts. This year we really wanted to keep the reason for the season in tact. We really want our children to know that its not always about gifts, i was realizing i was not getting through to a 4 and 2 year old... so i gave up.. they are young. Let them enjoy it while they can :)
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| A couple days before Christmas, building darth vader |
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| Shiloh and Jasper opening their first gifts |
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| Ben opening his guitar i gave him. Customized and everything. |
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| Taylor...being Taylor. He wanted to relay the message that " he is kinda a big deal" |
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| Shiloh being a great daddy to his baby |
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| Grandma with her new granddaughter |
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| Ben got me this for Christmas.. its so gorgeous..it sparkles like crazy.. |
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| Jasper loving his new art set |
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| Just a random Wild turkey in our neighbors yard |
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| All loving the baby, making sure its fed, changed and burped. |
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| Yes... This is our Christmas photo. |
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| The night before Christmas, building things and wrapping things. |
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| I just love this. Art makes me feel closer to god. |
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| The next day after Christmas, i walked out of my room, and found another ring. My wedding ring updated and Ben put diamonds on the side, AND HE MADE THE DIAMOND BIGGER!!! He wrote the most adorable note too. :) |
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