Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas filled with tradition, family, love, and fun. Christmas is truly magical with kids! We kicked off our Christmas week with a wonderful Christmas service the Sunday before Christmas. The girls looked festival and cute as usual.

Then on Christmas Eve, it was a day filled with last minute wrapping, counting presents and putting them in piles, making cookies for Santa, and Eliza even joined us for a bit and they did some crafts before heading over to Nona and Pop's house for our fun traditional Christmas Eve dinner.

We started the night off with signing the sandwich board. It was fun to look back over the years and to see who took part in Christmas Eve of Christmas past.

Then lighting our Santa candle.

Then the kids and men made our delicious sandwich. It's always fun to watch to see what each person decided to make. They just put meat and cheeses on. Then we wrapped the sandwich up so that it was all ready to be carried around the house.

Ding, Ding, Dong! 6 feet long! It's our Christmas song!

Then we did a mismatch Nativity and Paige got to read the Christmas story from Luke 2 this year. Then Pops put on his Santa hat and handed out presents.

Present fun!

I was super excited for Pops to open up his gift from us. I finally got his life history done after years and years of questions, editing, scrapbooking, and making sure it was perfect. It turned out great and I'm grateful that I could get it done. I know he appreciates it and so will his posterity. 

Egg nog toast before heading home.

Then it was time to get ready for Santa and bed. First up was opening up jammies.

Sweet girls all ready for Santa!

Then setting everything up for Santa- cookies and milk for Santa, carrots for the reindeer, and special sparkle for the lawn to make sure that Santa stops at our house.

Christmas morning! Baylor and McCall were up first and had flashlights looking around at all the fun gifts. They were so excited and we woke Paige up so we could get started. Baylor wanted us all to open up the present she gave us first. It was so sweet to see how excited she was to see us open up her gift. McCall loved all the Paw Patrol gifts she got. Baylor gives the best reactions to presents and is so real. She got an awesome microscope that she loves. Paige got typical teenage stuff and was very grateful and loved being part of it all. I loved just watching it filled with joy, love, and gratitude.

Nona and Pops joined us for Christmas dinner. I made a roast, mashed potatoes, rolls, salad, and Jell-o. It was delicious. Then we had a zoom Peterson family Christmas party to open up gifts from each other. Then Grandma and Poppy called in the evening so they could see us open up gifts they got us and we could see them open up the gifts from us.

It was a perfect day! We spent all day together just enjoying the beauty and fun of the day. I'm so grateful for the birth of my Savior, Jesus Christ. He was willing to descend to this Earth so each of us can live with Him again. I can live with my family forever! I'm so grateful for that eternal truth!

Merry Christmas!