Christmas 2013

Christmas was very nice this year. We had a nice relaxing day and everyone was in a good mood. The boys were so excited Christmas Eve and for Eric and I it was fun to see. We did our annual Christmas Eve cookie baking and were able to set out a nice warm plate of chocolate cookies for Santa. 

The boys amazingly didn't take too long to go to sleep that night, so we were able to get everything set for the morning. As I am sure the case with most families on Christmas morning it was an early one. I think we heard the first footsteps around 6:00 am. I was not ready to get up at that time as I was nice and cozy in my warm bed. 

I think I was able to stretch it until just before seven before the boys just couldn't take it anymore. They were excited to get into the room and see what Santa had stuffed in their stockings. After stockings we had our yummy Christmas breakfast, and then headed to the tree presents. 

This year Eric and the boys made me a special gift for my smore tree. I have been collecting the smore ornaments and figurines for about ten years now. Because they are all different seasons I have it up all year. So they worked hard and made me this smore stand for my tree. It turned out really nice and was perfect for my tree :) 

For the rest of the day we were able to relax and play with all our new Christmas gifts. I started to get dinner ready a few hours later. We had our traditional spiral ham and a lot of yummy sides. It was great day!