I might dare say this is the Best Christmas we've ever had!!! I can't even put my finger on why other than possibly that Tate is at the funnest age ever. He was just so excited and so into Santa Clause and he was just so happy and so were the other kids. I want to ALWAYS have a 3 year old in my house. I don't want Tate to grow up. They woke up so early and were so anxious to run out to the tree…just like I was all growing up. We had our prayers first, and wrote down our promises and goals "Our Presents to Jesus" and then we lined up youngest to oldest, minus Kemp, and ran out there. Man I feel like a kid myself this morning. They were all so excited and ran to their piles and were so happy and appreciative of everything they got. It was awesome watching them open up their gifts…we are so blessed. The other reason this might have been a favorite is we weren't' in a hurry to go anywhere so we just got to play with the kids and relax. I made a big breakfast of eggs and hash browns in the crockpot and cinnamon roll casserole and had lots of food and just hung out for a while! It was the best. Then we went to Janie's house for Christmas Dinner with the Christensens and exchanged gifts there. I brought the Christmas Ham! I was pretty proud of that. We then headed to my Mom's again for more exchanging of gifts and then for our traditional Downs Family Video 2015 which is always so fun to watch. Pictures of all of us through the year put to music. I know we're going to always treasure these videos. Christmas is a special day and time and although we need to focus on Christ and his life ALL year I also know that it gives us an extra special reason to really prioritize and teach our Children about His Life. I love doing "The Christ Centered Christmas" with our kids and I know it makes a difference in our home when we have our lessons on Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds, the Wisemen, the Angel, and about that first Christmas. We will continue to carry on that tradition. It was also pretty special to have Christmas in our new Home for the first time. I just know this home is where we are supposed to be and where we will raise our family and have so many incredible memories. Our first of MANY CHRISTMAS's!!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment