We had the best Christmas! Fletcher said it might have been our best Christmas ever. The kids were all healthy, we got lots of fun presents, had festive plans and we got to go to all of our Christmas gatherings. That feels like a big accomplishment during a germy time of year.
It'll be hard to top our Christmas card this year! We were so happy with it! It was a highlight of our year moment so I'm glad it worked out for our card. When we were at Notre Dame this summer, they had photographers stationed around campus for pictures. We had this picture taken - our first every as a family of 5 in front of Touchdown Jesus and then it went missing for months! They were supposed to email us a link to the photos and we never got it. Kevin spent a lot of time trying to track down our pictures and then surprised me on my birthday with our missing pictures. Hooray!
I did a lot less baking this year than last year, but we made time for our favorite treats.
Christmas Eve service at our church is always a highlight of our Christmas season. I ran into lots of friends from school and Bible study friends that I haven't seen much this year. We all got real candles except for Leo. Smart decision again this year.
The weather was pretty yucky all week, but we made the most of it. We celebrated Christmas Eve with Kevin's family. Olive and I matched at her request - matching Christma nails and Christmas light tops. I'll match her anytime!
21 years ago Kevin proposed on Christmas Eve!
Ready to open gifts! They were so excited about their gift - camping gear, Squishmallows, Tonies box.
Then we zoomed home and got our Christmas ready once the kids went to bed. We left cookies out for Santa, made reindeer food and got busy wrapping.
Christmas morning was so much fun! We didn't have any big gifts to assemble this year. Just lots of remote control things and things that required tech support. I made bacon, eggs and cinnamon rolls and did a little baking while everyone played.
Leo was thrilled to get the missing parts to add a steering wheel to our swing set. Plus Santa brought him the cyber truck he was hoping for and more.
Fletcher got a mix of practical camping gear and fun things like a 3D printing pen, but was most excited about his Santa gift of a PS5.
All the beauty items + Squishmallows made Olive smile.
So much fun! Olive and Fletcher combined their wish list and agreed to ask for a PS5 to share. It's been a hit so far.
Olive surprised me with a set of hamdmade gingerbread ornaments. She'd been sneakily working on them in her room all week. They look so cute on our tree.
Mr. Mittens had a great first Christmas!
We celebrated Christmas lunch at Nana's house. She always has her house decorated so cute.
Then we headed to Christmas dinner with my family. I brought a cheese board and my mom made a baked potato bar. Yum!
The cousins were ready to open gifts.
Christmas 2024 was a good one!
I can't wait for another fun week together with a lot more time hanging out at home in our pjs.
It looks like such a fun week. I did less baking this year too, and our break was wonderful with the exception of Grace getting the flu!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas Jordan family! Your Christmas card is absolutely beautiful! I hope you frame it! I only made one cookie this year as well, and even that lasted through the week which is unusual! So glad you had such a special time together!
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