December 26, 2016

Christmas Presents


All the present wrapped under the tree 
We celebrated on Christmas Eve this year because Caleb worked Christmas day
The kids waiting anxiously to come downstairs to see what Santa brought them
Corben's opened gifts that Santa left him with his stocking
(Corben did tell us that he thought Santa was parents, but that he wanted to keep believing in order to receive) 
Mason's items from Santa 
We then ate breakfast together (eggs, cinnamon rolls and fruit) Cinnamon rolls will be a new tradition per the kid's request. 
Then we opened all our wrapped presents. 
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So thankful
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On Christmas Day, we went back to church for the Christmas day service and the kids got to sit with me in "big church"...as we left, each child received a gift from the church.
I had prepped the kids saying we would be thankful for any gift the church gave us and they would probably all be similar, etc.
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Well the kids LOVE the emoji pillows and told me it was "Exactly what we wanted!!  SCORE!"
haha!
Perfect emojis for these two!
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After church we did something new and went to the movies, our theater has newly installed recliners in every seat and tray tables.  Apparently watching movies on Christmas was only new to us and not others, the movie was almost sold out so we sat in the second row from the front!


The funniest thing that happened is that we went home after church and I took off my shoes and went inside barefoot and my feet were cold so I put on Caleb's large slippers.  When we left for the movie, I didn't even think twice and loaded everyone in the car.  As we pulled up and got out of the car, Corben asked why was I wearing slippers? and why Dad's slippers that were obviously too big? We had a huge laugh the entire time and once we realized the movie was almost sold out we had no time to run home....so the kids stood right by me and tried to hide my feet as they laughed non stop!




Christmas Eve

Not sure what happened with this light in the picture....except we think it is God with us during Christmas!   
Corben does have a nice Christmas sweater under his jacket 


Our favorite part...lighting the candles 
Mason was so sweet and was quietly whispering to me "Thank you Jesus"
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“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:14 
With friends, the Dam family 


Our Christmas Eve tradition for the last few years has been teppanyaki for dinner
This year our Chef made a tree for us (he was a rather large Chef and stood at the top and then said and here is your angel on top of the tree....we all laughed so hard)