...was SO MUCH BETTER then last year!! Click here to get a refresher on our not so great holiday last year.
This year seemed just crazy the whole month of December. We were busy with normal everyday stuff.... school parties and programs.... work parties.... trip to Utah... and of course birthdays!
I kept feeling so stressed to get everything done. Having Landon just a few months ago... I still haven't gotten completely back to normal life, and feel like I'm constantly behind on everything. So I'll just start by admitting that I didn't get our usual Christmas goodies out to our friends and neighbors... and I felt really bad about that... especially since so many of you guys were on the ball enough to give us such yummy plates of goodies. But I just couldn't do it all... and I was running out of time! Birthdays and Christmas was coming faster then I was able to keep up. So thanks to all you who gave us yummy treats, they were very appreciated, and hopefully next year we will be on our game more to return the favor! We have great friends and neighbors here!!! I have never been so behind on shopping for Christmas... I even sent Patrick to the store on Christmas Eve for a few last things. However, amid all the stress, I tried really hard to remember something my wonderful friend Kym told me a few years ago when I was stressing about Christmas.... it doesn't matter how behind you are, or how many gifts you get people, that's not what Christmas is all about. Nothing I didn't already know... so I tried to not stress, and just enjoyed the reason we celebrate Christmas and enjoy my family! Kym always has such great words of wisdom! :) That is why we *heart* her!!
We all had a great Christmas. We left out cookies for Santa and carrots for his Reindeer. (this was yet another thing that I ran out of time to do... Santa got Costco Chocolate Chip cookies this year) When Santa comes to our house... he likes to have a Dr. Pepper too!! :)
The boys got lots of great things... Legos.... Wii games.... DS games.... Conner got a bike.... Harry Potter movie..... remote control cars... and a swing set from their Grandpa and Grandma Shumate. That has yet to be put together and enjoyed... but the kids are excited for it!
We had our traditional scones for Christmas breakfast.... they were YUMMY!! I used my new electric frying pan for it, it was wonderful. My old one was broken and old, the new one is so much nicer! I gave Patrick a new wedding band and the boys gave him a new BYU hat to wear when he watches the games.
It was a great Christmas at our house!!
2 comments:
Sounds like your Christmas was a lot like mine. I was behind because of having a baby, going out of town for almost 2 weeks, and having Jaron off track...that really messes you up. Hopefully next year won't be quite so hectic, but it all turned out good. We took the boys to see Alvin too, they really liked it. Unfortunately, now they try to give each other wedgies all the time. Have a Happy New Year!
Christmas was crazy like that for me as well. Usually I have my shopping done before Thanksgiving. This year it wasn't done until the week of. I'm gonna blame my new baby as well, even though he's a couple months older. I can say it was because I'm a new mom of 5 though. Next year will be better.
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