Merry Christmas for real!
Grab a cup of coffee or something before you start reading, because this post is another picture-overloaded post with lots of Christmas Eve & Day happiness.
Christmas Eve morning, Loren and I exchanged gifts before we headed to Cincinnati for more celebrations with his family. We kept it thoughtful and on the cheaper side {thank you grad school budget ;)}. I kept trying to guess what Loren was getting me, but I was totally surprised when it was finally revealed. He purchased my blog domain name! Currently, I am using a free website which has been great, and I am super excited about this switch & upgrade! So be looking for new & good things coming to my little blog.
Ok, back to Christmas. I got Loren a leather billfold & money clip, which he was also pretty happy about. We ate a big breakfast while watching Christmas cartoons (maybe this will be a tradition?), then cleaned up & packed for our trip to the in-laws.
Grab a cup of coffee or something before you start reading, because this post is another picture-overloaded post with lots of Christmas Eve & Day happiness.
Christmas Eve morning, Loren and I exchanged gifts before we headed to Cincinnati for more celebrations with his family. We kept it thoughtful and on the cheaper side {thank you grad school budget ;)}. I kept trying to guess what Loren was getting me, but I was totally surprised when it was finally revealed. He purchased my blog domain name! Currently, I am using a free website which has been great, and I am super excited about this switch & upgrade! So be looking for new & good things coming to my little blog.
Ok, back to Christmas. I got Loren a leather billfold & money clip, which he was also pretty happy about. We ate a big breakfast while watching Christmas cartoons (maybe this will be a tradition?), then cleaned up & packed for our trip to the in-laws.
Christmas morning rolled around, and the first event was Crisp "Kiddly" Christmas. This tradition started way back when Loren & Joanna were little and could hardly wait to open their gifts. So their older sisters came up with the idea to have a kid's Christmas party with games & snacks early in the morning to let their parents sleep/finish getting ready. The siblings always take turns hosting, and this year Loren and I had the privilege of hosting. We built a fort/castle out of sheets & curtains and strung icicle lights and snowflakes all around to create our "Christmas Palace." We sipped hot chocolate while Loren read the Christmas story, then played Christmas fishbowl, hot snowflake, guessing games and reminisced about past Kiddly Christmases. This was my second Kiddly Christmas, and it's pretty much amazing.
Next up was opening stockings before a huge breakfast! We opened gifts after breakfast before we got ready for the day and then Emily & her family came over. It was a whole new party watching the little kids open their gifts. :)
Next up was opening stockings before a huge breakfast! We opened gifts after breakfast before we got ready for the day and then Emily & her family came over. It was a whole new party watching the little kids open their gifts. :)
The rest of the afternoon was spent playing with the kids and relaxing before dinner. Later on in the evening, we watched a movie, then headed to bed exhausted and happy after a wonderful day.
And that was our full and fun Christmas!
And that was our full and fun Christmas!