Santa is coming...

Ashton was stressing when we were at Grannie's, we NEEDED to hurry so that Santa doesn't skip our house cause they weren't in bed. So we hurried. We got home and showered and the kids got in their new cozy Christmas Eve jammies.

 Sprinkled the reindeer food Ashton made in his class at school.

 Gave Santa an ooey gooey cinnamon roll instead of cookies, we think he might like the change. :)

Did our last Jesus picture. Read "The Night Before Christmas." Got cozy in sleeping bags.

And took FOREVER to fall asleep. I was worried that Santa might have to miss our house this year. The excitement was high, but FINALLY they were dreaming of sugar plums!

Checklist

wrap presents...check
make rolls for dinner...check
make bread for Jacque...check
Sierra helps make cookies for Santa...check
bath...check
open Christmas Eve present...check
put on new jammies...check

sprinkle reindeer food...check

daddy makes warm fire...check
put out Santa's cookies and milk...check

get snug in our sleeping bags...CHECK
Mom reads "The Night Before Christmas"...check

we're ready Santa!

Christmas Eve

Tonight we went to mom's for Christmas Eve.
Warms my heart...to see my children love each other!

me, mom, sis-in-law Brenna

My mom asked Sierra if she and I could be in charge of the program. Sierra told me that and I told her to go for it...she put the whole program together and even typed up a program. Aunt Brenna lead the opening song, Jingle Bells, while Sierra played the piano. We had an opening prayer and then...
Traditional Nativity scene
what a cute shepard

Brenna's brother, Duran and girlfriend Brittany were good sports and agreed to be Mary and Joseph. Sierra, the star! (she made those star decorations too with the boys, she taught them how to draw stars) Chris was reading the story from the bible and at the part when the angel speaks to the shepards Sierra took over and quoted it from memory...so cute!


Ashton read "I Believe in Santa Claus", Sierra read her poem, sang a few songs and closed with a prayer by Grannie
Great job Sierra!

Merry Christmas!
btw...Sierra got a phone call tonight from Santa on Grammy's cell phone and he said that he was in North Dakota and we were going to be his first stop in California! :)

Twas the Night Before Christmas...

My Mom's house was bustling with activity! Ate yummy food and then hurried on to start the Christmas Program. House was full of loved ones, made it quite cozy!

Look at that sweet face, Rossi played Joseph!

"And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn..." Luke 2:7-16 "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night."
"And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them...And the angel said unto them...Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger...the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go and see this thing which is come to pass...and they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger."

And the Wisemen came and brought Him gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

The program was beautiful and very touching, the little kids (especially Sierra) love doing it and more importantly it helps us remember and focus our thoughts on our Savior's birth.

Then, Sierra told the story of the Christmas Orange and

she wrote a song and we all sang it...the song was so cute, I wish I had it on video!

We hurried home and the kids got their traditional Christmas Eve present, jammies! Yahoo!
Hurried some more, put out Santa's cookies and milk.

Put out his Christmas letter...
and his present. (Sierra made him a reindeer out of clay and painted it brown with a red nose!:))
Sprinkled the reindeer food out on the lawn so Rudolph could find our house quickly and THEN the children were nestled all snug in their sleeping bags! :)

Merry Christmas!