christmas 2011

Our Christmas Card

Christmas.

It was a splendid one, I think Matt and I were more excited than Grace on Christmas morning.

It was magical for us to watch how happy she was!

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve (my very favorite part of Christmas)

with all of the build up for the big morning. 

We ate delicious food and sipped eggnog while we

learned more about Christ's birth and shared our feelings of Him.

We opened Christmas pajamas and it was off to bed for the little one while 

we excitedly set everything up for the next morning. 

Christmas lights, this is definitely a tradition now.

Christmas morning.

The little one slept until around 7:30, we were up earlier getting ready for church (we had 9 a.m.)
in hopes that our morning would feel a little more relaxed.
She played with her gifts from Santa Claus right up until we left for church and loved every minute.
There were a few tears as we left. :) 

Church was wonderful, I loved being reminded on the day of the reason of Christmas. 

We ate a big breakfast when we got home and enjoyed the rest of the day opening presents and talking with our parents and siblings.

Thanks to all of our friends and family we were WAY spoiled this year
(you know who you are, thank YOU!)
Grace had so many presents but we were happy to see her play with each gift after she opened it,
she really loved all of them!
We didn't finish opening presents until late Christmas day. 

It was fun to spread it out and just enjoy it. 

That night we went to our friends for a delicious Christmas dinner.  We loved it.

Grace was really happy about her princess doll from Luke and Sam.    

All of the excitement of baby girl bushman coming so soon

slightly overshadowed the season, but not too much.

We really missed our family, but it ended up being a wonderful Christmas. 

Here is a little video that captures a bit of the magic of our Christmas this year.

We hope your Christmas was filled with happiness!