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Christmas 2014!


Where's the snow? This has been a dry and warm December. I didn't mind too much this year, it was kind of nice!

The days leading up to Christmas were excitement filled! We strolled the mall and Adren wanted to try the bungee jumper. It took him a minute to get the hang of it but got really high and able to do some flips!


The big Tay/Sull/Zoll Christmas party was great fun. Dinner, white elephants, a cute talent show and a visit from Elsa and Ana!


Jon snapped this on his way home with the big boys in his car. I'm glad they got to see it!
Tree of Life
  Christmas Eve finally arrived. All the little doors on the Advent were opened and all the little chocolates consumed. Jon and I decided for the first year to not drive out to see the lights we've been to every year for the past 10 years. The kids didn't even seem to mind! We had the Whitmore's over, Cade and Ashley and family, and both Geertsen and Taylor grandparents. We had a delicious dinner of the usual ham, potato casserole, sweet potato's, salad, rolls etc. For dessert~ sugar cookies for the kids to ice for Santa! Jon did the usual tracking Santa's where-a-bouts online. The kids kept wanting to check to see where he was at. We read Luke 2 together and acted out the story with all of the kids. It was a full house! Eliza, Ashley and I marveled how here we were already at another Christmas Eve! Amazing! Ashley brought a pinata we strung up in the garage~
Gorgeous Christmas Eve sunset
Nativity


 Can't you just hear the squeals and see the exctiement in these pictures!
We wrapped up the crazy evening fairly early so everyone could get home before babes fell asleep and still have a little family time. We opened up a few presents under the tree~ Christmas jammies! I made jammie pants with a matching heating rice bag and bought long sleeve T-shirts.
FINALLY Zeke gets to open the present under the tree! That was a torturous wait!
 

 Ready for a long winters nap!

The kids set out their iced cookies, filled the red goblet with milk and sprinkled some carrots for the reindeer. Time for bed! Eeeeeeeeeee!
The most magical thing happened  Christmas Eve.... it started snowing! It snowed and snowed and was just the most perfect, magical gift to wake Christmas morning to snow! What perfect timing! I don't believe that was just by chance!

Can't stand it one more minute!
 The room!











 Sometimes things break before you can really have fun with them. Booo!
The running, the squealing and excitement is so wonderful in that moment! I like to sit and just take it all in and take our time opening each thing so everyone can see what everyone gets. But it's total chaos until everything is ripped into and discovered.
Here's a shot of my favorite part. Everyone hunched over their treasures happily playing.
 Adren's tank which kept him very busy.
 Eli's Millenium Falcon. Whoah! Very complicated and very awesome!
 The beginnings of the Falcon...


 Then to bask in the exhausted happiness! My favorite!
Here's the day before Christmas...
 And the day after Christmas!
Just unbelievable!
Another truly wonderful Christmas! We are so blessed! Christ lives!

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