We tried really hard to have a more Christ centered Christmas this year. I wanted the kids to really think more about giving than receiving. We each gave gifts to Christ. The gifts that we gave were things that we are going to work on this next year. Elise: she is going to be nicer to her brothers. Jayden: He is going to be nicer to his sister Sophie Dallin: He is going to pray each day to find those that he can serve.
We had our Christmas pageant. Elise was Mary, Daddy was the donkey and Jayden was Joseph. Dallin was one of the 3 wise men.
Justin dressed up as Santa Claus and we took presents to some kids in our ward of families that have lost their jobs this year. This was a secret Santa.
The kids had a lot of fun opening up their presents from eachother.
Here is our little Christmas baby Sophie.
I made these felt hearts last year and wanted to start a tradition that each time the kids did service they could hang a heart on the tree. I told the kids Santa would come and see if the tree was full of hearts before he left a present for them. It was interesting that this was the first thing the kids asked for this year when we were setting up our Christmas decorations. They said, "remember those hearts from last year, where are they." It made me happy that this was a tradition that they remembered.
This was Jayden's favorite present. He was so excited for a racing track for his cars. It is so fun to watch the kids get so excited when they open a special present for them.
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