thelittlewaldenfamily

Wow, I can't believe Christmas has already come & gone, & it's 2010!!! We had a wonderful Christmas! And thank heave, no one was sick! We seemed to catch something about 2 weeks b4 Christmas, but it was gone in about 24 hrs & Eli didnt get it! (i did NOT need one more thing for him!) I was so happy that we weren't sick on Christmas though! It was a wonderful, beautifully sunny day. The little boys were SO excited! We let them sleep in (they tried to stay up late the night b4 waiting for Santa!) it was so cute! When they woke up, we all went to the living room where Austen read the Christmas Story from the New Testament, b4 we opened gitfts. We do this every year so that the boys fully understand the true meaning. I was very surprised at how well they listened & participated, considering there were gifts under the tree to unwrap right at their fingertips!!! ( I was quite pleased as well, maybe we are doing something right?!!) Anyway, as Daddy read the story, I acted it out with this cute little nativity set we got at the dollar store 2 yrs ago) It worked out perfectly too, because my nice set was able to stay up on the shelf! 
The boys were just fascinated by the story, & Brendan even started to join in with the parts of the story he knew! (our home teachers had brought us a gift basket the wk b4 with the animated Living Scriptures Nativity dvd, & they watched it over & over!) It really brought in a special spirit that morning, even for Austen & I as adults. :) It was a wonderful Christmas for all of us. We count our blessings, our little boys & each ither being at the top, & our loving Savior that came to this earth for us.