Christmas Day 2007

Danny and I decided to start some traditions this year since Max is now at the age to remember things. So hear are our traditions... 1) Each child will receive a gift from Santa, a gift from dad, a gift from mom, and a gift from each sibling. 2) I will make a homemade gift for the kids and they will have a fun scavenger hunt to find this gift. Here are the twin quilts I made (with a lot of help from my friend Autumn and my wonderful mother). Thank You Ladies! 3) We will open gifts one gift at a time and Santa's gift won't be wrapped. 4) After our Christmas Eve party we will read (or tell the children) the Luke II story. (The kids are still young and we got home late so Danny just told them the short story). These are the ones we plan to do every year, if anyone has other traditions they'd like to share please do! It is very nice that our kids are still young and don't have expensive wants. Max's favorite gift was from Hanna, which was a backpack (from Goodwill) with some of Danny's old camping equipment. Hanna's favorite gift was from Max, which we got from her cousin Olivia it's a doll house with furniture and dolls. Van's favorite gift was 2 cups of Rice MILK! He wasn't sure which one to drink, he kept going back and forth, he was in Heaven! Danny and I are both cheap and simple. I got him a racket ball glove and goggles (bought from brother, Jeff) and some socks, everything he asked for. I got a new straightener (Thanksgiving weekend) and then we'll hit the after New Year's sales for some clothes. We had an enjoyable morning with our family and then at 2:00 we went to Danny's brother Jeff (and Cindy's) house for their annual Christmas Day open house, where we enjoyed lounging around and visiting with family and friends. We had a wonderful Christmas 2007!