White Christmas beautiful blue skies and family...
Ofcourse it was a wonderful Christmas morn!
We all stayed up and watched SCROOGE and then headed off to bed. :) Yes in our family Christmas morning is a big deal. It doesn't matter how old the kids have gotten they still want to get up early and see the presents and then lay and wait for the "alarm" to go off.. Usually Dwayne says 5am is the earliest the kids can get him up. :) This year Kayla spent Christmas with her boyfriends family. So we all felt a bit out of sorts. It was strange not having her here and being apart of our Christmas dinner and then Christmas Eve ritual. Which basically is Justin plotting and deciding on what time to get up. :) Actually it's usually he and kay who are teasing their dad and making him worry about them getting him up at an ungodly hour. ;)
Well, this morning came early for me. I woke up at 12am and needed to get some water. Mei decided she needed to go potty and wanted to check out the tree one more time to make sure Santa left her something. Ofcourse he did! She always has the only 2 gifts under the tree that aren't wrapped. :)
Let me tell you she noticed them too....
It was 5:30 am and Justin comes busting in the bedroom door. With the phone saying it's Kayla.... :) He was thrilled his sister called him and it made our morning as well. It felt like she was there sorta.... Josh was even thrilled and smiling from ear to ear. Now don't think for one minute that Josh doesn't get into the whole Christmas thing... He does..he's just a bit more relaxed about it and has always been that way! Now he's the one who gets all excited once we get in the living room. He's the one who is making sure Big Dad has all his things, ie: coffee and bible.. and he's there to make sure that Dwayne is on cue and reading. Cause he's all about getting to the presents. :)
Usually in our family we don't put out any presents until Christmas Eve. In the past few years we have started putting out only the gifts we are giving to family. However, this year we started putting out the presents only because it wasn't going to be a big gift giving year. We gave the kids a 3 day skiing, snowmobiling Christmas gift. :)
I think everyone was pleased but we all felt the changes and while life is full of them it is just one of those changes I'm going to really miss as the kids grow up and move out on their own.
It's a necessary one and one that we've planned for but none the less it is different.
You know it makes the ones we have together mean something extra special!
My heart is full and my life is so full of joy.
I am truly blessed.....
Thank You Lord!
Ofcourse it was a wonderful Christmas morn!
We all stayed up and watched SCROOGE and then headed off to bed. :) Yes in our family Christmas morning is a big deal. It doesn't matter how old the kids have gotten they still want to get up early and see the presents and then lay and wait for the "alarm" to go off.. Usually Dwayne says 5am is the earliest the kids can get him up. :) This year Kayla spent Christmas with her boyfriends family. So we all felt a bit out of sorts. It was strange not having her here and being apart of our Christmas dinner and then Christmas Eve ritual. Which basically is Justin plotting and deciding on what time to get up. :) Actually it's usually he and kay who are teasing their dad and making him worry about them getting him up at an ungodly hour. ;)
Well, this morning came early for me. I woke up at 12am and needed to get some water. Mei decided she needed to go potty and wanted to check out the tree one more time to make sure Santa left her something. Ofcourse he did! She always has the only 2 gifts under the tree that aren't wrapped. :)
Let me tell you she noticed them too....
It was 5:30 am and Justin comes busting in the bedroom door. With the phone saying it's Kayla.... :) He was thrilled his sister called him and it made our morning as well. It felt like she was there sorta.... Josh was even thrilled and smiling from ear to ear. Now don't think for one minute that Josh doesn't get into the whole Christmas thing... He does..he's just a bit more relaxed about it and has always been that way! Now he's the one who gets all excited once we get in the living room. He's the one who is making sure Big Dad has all his things, ie: coffee and bible.. and he's there to make sure that Dwayne is on cue and reading. Cause he's all about getting to the presents. :)
Usually in our family we don't put out any presents until Christmas Eve. In the past few years we have started putting out only the gifts we are giving to family. However, this year we started putting out the presents only because it wasn't going to be a big gift giving year. We gave the kids a 3 day skiing, snowmobiling Christmas gift. :)
I think everyone was pleased but we all felt the changes and while life is full of them it is just one of those changes I'm going to really miss as the kids grow up and move out on their own.
It's a necessary one and one that we've planned for but none the less it is different.
You know it makes the ones we have together mean something extra special!
My heart is full and my life is so full of joy.
I am truly blessed.....
Thank You Lord!
