Picasso said his favorite part of our family Christmas party is the nativity. All the grandkids get pieces of the nativity, baby Jesus being the coveted piece. Then my step-dad reads from the scriptures of the birth of Christ. The kids put their pieces on the hearth of the fireplace and their part is read. It is one of my favorite parts too. Afterwards we sing Christmas songs until we can't sing anymore.
Christmas morning was fantastic. It was spent at home with just us. The kids were SO excited. They were literally bouncing up and down. Princess kept shouting "it's just what I wanted!" as she opened her gifts. I was even able to surprise Archer, who at almost 12 is getting harder to surprise. He's looking forward to building his Parallax Boe-Bot with his dad. After presents we went to church. The service was beautiful! I did mention how much I love the Christmas hymns. :) My in-laws came for dinner and it was a blast. My mother-in-law made the kids all amazing quilts! We played card games and just enjoyed each others company.
Our new day after Christmas tradition is going to be going to the water park. We had so much fun today at the pool! Spending so much time together has been fantastic. Hubby has to go back to work tomorrow, which will be weird; we'll miss him.
I hope your Christmas has been wonderful and that you enjoy the above videos from the Piano Guys, Jon Schmidt, and Steven Sharp Nelson.
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