Temple Square is always a great place to visit, especially at Christmastime. It was a little cold and the kids can get tired and don't always listen when you tell them to stop running away from you, but it was still a great night! We got to go with a group of friends and eat first and then enjoy the lights together. It is a great reminder of what the season is all about and of course the amazing blessing of knowing my family will be together forever!
Ahhhh Christmas Eve. It is always such a fun night! We were sad we didn't get to go sledding this year, due to the lack of snow and abundance of rain and mud. We did enjoy all the time we got to spend with Megs, Jene and Eric. We worked on our traditional puzzle, helped the kids make gingerbread men, had a wonderful dinner...thnks mom, opened our traditional presents...PJ's, sang carols and heard Grandpa read the Bible story of the Nativity! A Great night! The kids were a little sad that we were going to make them sleep in their own beds, but putting out the cookies, milk and carrots (for the reindeer) made them happy! Playing with cousins all day helped and they went right to sleep!! It was a wonderful night and made me wonder how many more of these we will have. Jackson is getting so big and becoming such a big boy...it is only a matter of time before some of that magic will dim and Christmas will be a little different. So we are enjoying these years as much as we can! Merry Christmas!
Our Ward Christmas party was on Sat the 11th. Jackson was very excited to be a shepherd! He helped me get his outfit together and did a great job. Of course we had the usual "mom stresses." You know when you are trying to get their attention......"stop picking your nose", "sing", and "no funny faces." But it all went really well. He was a great shepherd and it was so cute to see him trying to act. He had to look in the basket at the baby Jesus and it was so cute! After capturing that on video the only pic with the baby Jesus I could get was the big smile one! That's my boy! It was a great breakfast and what's even better, I didn't have to plan it!!
So my children found a Walmart toy ad! Oh dear!! The pointing things out soon turned into circling and add a J or a C for the specific things they each wanted! Of course Jackson "helped" Cameron circle everything "he" would want lol! This is one of the only things I have a hard time explaining..... I told Jackson that Santa might not be able to give him everything...his reply, " Oh I know mom, he has the elves make them." Why worry about the money side of the argument when they just make everything. So we had to go back to basics.....you don't get everything you want. And the things you do get you need to be nice and earn them. Cam of course wanted everything his bro wanted and then some. my oh my!
