Christmas was definitely different this year. In the ten Christmases we've been married, we've only ever spent this and one other at home and though it was fun, it seemed somewhat lonely (to me) without all the fun/craziness/chaos of cousins and family. I do love the magic and excitement that accompanies children and Christmas!
But we got to start a few new traditions of our own this year. One of which comes from Mike's family. Instead of putting names on the presents, we numbered them. When it was time to open them, all the presents were put in the middle and the kids took turns choosing a present. If it was theirs, Mom or Dad would say, "Ding ding ding" and they got to open the present. But if they guessed wrong, the answer was, "Dooooot!" and it was the next child's turn to guess. We had a lot of fun with it.
We didn't go to the beach on Christmas Eve, even though it was absolutely GORGEOUS and perfect beach weather in hopes we could go on Christmas Day. (And washing all the sand out two days in a row is entirely too much work!) But then it rained all day so we didn't go. :( But it gave us the chance to just stay home and enjoy each other. The past few years we have gotten a new game for Christmas. This years' pick was Life. After we opened presents and skyped with Grandma Johanson and Grandma and Grandpa Jones and let them watch us open our presents from them, we got Brynlee down for a nap and played our new game. Mike and I decided to be daring and skip college, we learned that was a big mistake! Kenna was a doctor raking in the money, until she lost her job and became a mechanic. In the end, Whitney smoked us all. Most of you know that I am not overly patient when it comes to long games, but we had a lot of fun laughing and talking as we played. So maybe it was a good thing that we had to skip out on the beach!
But we got to start a few new traditions of our own this year. One of which comes from Mike's family. Instead of putting names on the presents, we numbered them. When it was time to open them, all the presents were put in the middle and the kids took turns choosing a present. If it was theirs, Mom or Dad would say, "Ding ding ding" and they got to open the present. But if they guessed wrong, the answer was, "Dooooot!" and it was the next child's turn to guess. We had a lot of fun with it.
We didn't go to the beach on Christmas Eve, even though it was absolutely GORGEOUS and perfect beach weather in hopes we could go on Christmas Day. (And washing all the sand out two days in a row is entirely too much work!) But then it rained all day so we didn't go. :( But it gave us the chance to just stay home and enjoy each other. The past few years we have gotten a new game for Christmas. This years' pick was Life. After we opened presents and skyped with Grandma Johanson and Grandma and Grandpa Jones and let them watch us open our presents from them, we got Brynlee down for a nap and played our new game. Mike and I decided to be daring and skip college, we learned that was a big mistake! Kenna was a doctor raking in the money, until she lost her job and became a mechanic. In the end, Whitney smoked us all. Most of you know that I am not overly patient when it comes to long games, but we had a lot of fun laughing and talking as we played. So maybe it was a good thing that we had to skip out on the beach!
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Those ARE fun traditions! And are those new earrings you're wearing? Good job Mike again? :)
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