Christmas Day

I really enjoyed our first Christmas at our own house this year. The kids woke up and got to open their stockings before breakfast. I think Millie's favorite toy of the day was a Spider-Man yo yo Rick and I won as a gag gift at the Bowen Christmas party. Well, the gag is on you because I knew Millie would love it as I stole it from another employee at the party.


I treated the kids to powdered doughnuts for breakfast (after they ate their bananas first) and they were big fans of the doughnuts. I may never get them to eat a healthy breakfast again.



Gifts came after that. We usually don't get the kids too much for Christmas but we had to do a little more this year because it would be more obvious without attending 5 different family Christmas gatherings over 2 days as we usually do. They still didn't get much but Rick made a beautiful barn for Reed. It is made out of a cherry tree from my dad's farm that we had sawed into lumber about 5 years ago. The wood has been drying in my dad's barn since then and we finally decided to do something with it. Reed got a cool farm truck to go with it and I am sure a few more tractors will be coming over the next few months.




Millie's big gift was a Razor scooter. She has wanted one for a while because all the boys in our neighborhood gang have them. They are all several years older than her but she still plays baseball with them and can keep up. She has borrowed theirs several times and I knew she could handle one. Fortunately it was about 53 degrees on Christmas Day so she got to go out and enjoy it.



Christmas night the kids got to try to finish off the gingerbread house. Millie was well on her way to eating the entire front of the house but I stopped her before she got sick. Reed was doing a good job devouring the roof.




I hope you all had a wonderful and blessed Christmas and were able to take the time and enjoy the day.