We had a great Christmas this year. We started the holiday just like every other year by letting the kids open one present from me and Todd on Christmas Eve.
Even though our kids are getting older, they still look forward to this one event every year. Through the years, we have given pajamas (the younger years), then slippers. And now we've settled on calendars the past few years. Here are the kids opening their present on Christmas Eve.
Jacob and Kyle
"Is it my turn yet?" See? Even Eric can hardly wait for this yearly ritual. :)
And Dallin...
These next few pictures were taken after the kids went to bed. The stockings were full...(and just in case you're wondering why we have a sheet hanging from our fireplace....it's because we set up the projector for Brandon's call the next day and we wanted to project his face onto the sheet, so we could all see him at the same time). Clever, eh? :) Remember when we projected Eric onto the wall when he was on his mission?
The tree on Christmas Eve.
Even Ziggy got a present! :)
And now it's Christmas morning! We always gather together at around 7 am.
Wake up Dallin!
Ziggy found his present too!
Kyle got a Red Ryder BB gun. I hope he doesn't shoot his eye out!
I don't know why I took a picture of Dallin holding a box, and not what was inside, but just so you know, this was a ukulele.
Eric got an art mannequin. It allows the artist to position the body in various poses, and use it as a model to draw what the body looks like in those different positions. It's pretty cool!
Kyle got Chewbacca slippers! :) May the "force" be with him...or at least warm feet! HA! Jacob got slippers too, but I didn't get his in the picture. Oops!
Eric got a Zelda jacket. He was real excited about that, which made me pretty happy too. :)
Jacob got a Ukulele too (and a book on how to play).
Jacob got a Terreria shirt...
And Kyle got a Minecraft wallet...
Eric got a few Zelda things this year...Zelda Monopoly was among them! (Dallin is holding up a piano book in the background.)
Oh, here's a closeup! :)
Dallin wanted some "crazy socks." (Eric got some too.)
Dallin loves putting 3D puzzles together. He has a lot of different ones in his room. This year he got the Empire State Building.
Jacob loves the books, "Diary of a Wimpy kid," and I saw these books, "Diary of a Minecraft Zombie," and I knew he would love them. How can you go wrong with Minecraft and Zombies? :)
Here is me and Todd showing off our gifts from Jacob. They have a "Santa Shop" for the kids at school, so he was able to pick out some gifts for us.
I got a red heart ring and Todd got a little trophy that says, "All Star Dad." Jacob did good! :) (Thanks honey!)
And here's just a bunch of pictures of everyone showing their gifts. We really are so blessed!
Todd loves this picture, so I decided to get it for him and frame it. He was excited. (And now it's one of my favorite pictures too!)
The kids each got a couple of Lego superheros in their stocking that they got to put together. They were so cute! :)
Eric got Iron Man and Thor
Here's Kyle putting his together. I think he got the Joker and Batman.
AND HERE WAS ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF THE DAY...TALKING TO ELDER BRANDON JONES!
Merry Christmas son! We miss you so much.
And here he is projected onto the sheet! I guess we should have ironed it! :) Oh well, he still looks awesome to me!
We talked to Brandon for about 45 minutes and it was great! It was so nice to hear his voice and see his face! He is doing well and we are so proud of him for all his hard work. We seriously had a wonderful Christmas! I am so thankful for everything that we have. We have been so blessed in our lives.
Merry Christmas from the Jones family! :)
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AWESOME SAUCE!
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