Christmas Day

So, I forgot to mention that on Christmas Eve we were going to have a little lunch at our house with some friends and had it all planned out and everything, then Berkeley got Hand, Foot & Mouth disease, which is really contagious, so we had to cancel it. We still really wanted to go to church on Christmas Sunday, and we figured, the Dr. said you had to come into contact with her secretions to get it, so if we just held her the whole time, no one would get it.

We were going to wake up at 6:15, which I ended up doing, but it is really really hard for me to wake sleeping children, especially on Christmas. I spend all day looking forward to nap and bed time, why would I wake them up early when they are so pleasantly sleeping? Anyway, I decided to wait until 7, then I woke everyone up.

We filmed them coming in to see the tree and presents. Cheyenne was so amazed that Santa drank the milk and ate most of the cookies, except one half eaten one. She was sooo excited to open presents, and I love that she always wanted to play with each present instead of just moving on to the next thing. We got so many amazing presents! This was the best Christmas ever! Jeff says I say that every year, but every year I believe it! I had been wanting skinny jeans and boots so bad, Santa gave me some skinny jeans and Jeff and Mom each got me a pair of boots! It was so great. Jeff also got us a new camera! It is a good one, so I told him if I leave the house on my own I will take the old one, since I am a pro at losing cameras. Santa gave Jeff a new wallet which he needed badly. We also got tennis rackets from my brother! This was awesome, because we have wanted them since we were first married, but it was never a priority. It is our favorite date when it is hot out and it works out perfectly since we have the date night babysitting at the gym. Jeff's parents got him a ladder which we definitely needed! Now we wont break our necks trying to change light bulbs by stacking a swivel chair on our bar stools! The girls totally got the hook up as well with some great Dora toys, a puzzle, books, a train, a really fun ladybug game, a light up ladybug, and of course the basketball hoop and ball for Jeff, I mean, Cheyenne. We got so much candy that I am sure I probably gained about 20 lbs, especially since we haven't been able to go to the gym due to Berkeley's HFMD! Cheyenne got this Washington Jersey that we can't wait for her to wear from her great grandparents. It was just so much fun:)

After we opened presents, we got ready for church. I had put rollers in Cheyenne's hair and so I took them out, she was confused, because she thought she was wearing the actual rollers to church. She said, "Why did you take out my princess hair?" I had to explain to her that the curls were the princess hair! haha... Cheyenne and Berks got matching Christmas dresses that are SO adorable, so they wore those. and I decided to wear my new boots. Also, my little niece picked me out a necklace/earring set at the dollar store. She said, "Aunt Stacey would LOVE this!" I don't think my sister-in-law expected me to actually wear it, haha, but Genevieve was right, I did love it! I love anything sparkly, shiny and Glamorous! I don't care if it is totally fake! Oh- and I got a smokey eye make-up kit, so I totally wore almost black eyeshadow to church! Jeff wore his red Christmas tie and looked adorable, as usual.

We tried to get a family picture, but not very successfully. We should have brought our camera to church. Then after church we finally got our temple recommends renewed, so we are going to go to the temple tomorrow! It has been at least 6 months since we were last there. It is a trip much needed. It would be nice if we could go together, but we will be trading off. This is a time we definitely wished we lived by family!

Anyway, after church we came home and Berkeley took a nap while Cheyenne played with her toys and we ate leftovers. Then we all took a nap. For dinner we were going to have fondue, but we still had so many leftovers, we just ate them. We played with our gifts and called family. Our friends Robyn and Steve stopped by for a visit, which was very sweet. It was a great Christmas and the girls loved it too. It made me so grateful for my little family that is perfect in my eyes! We all have our faults and weaknesses, but that just makes it us real. I love our life together and am so grateful for each one of them! Thank you so much to our sweet family who sent us gifts and called us to wish us Merry Christmas, we love you all! Even those who didn't:) You were in our thoughts! We love you! Merry Christmas!