December 25th - MERRY CHRISTMAS for real!

Merry Christmas everyone! We hope that you all had a super day, with friends and family, and that you all remembered the true meaning of Christmas. On Christmas Eve, before we put the kids to bed, we all climbed in our bed, read Luke 2 in the scriptures, discussed the true meaning of Christmas a bit with the kids, and just enjoyed some quiet moments as a family.

Then the craziness and insanity started! Derrick and I went to bed around 1:30 and by 5:00 am, there was a party going on downstairs. Chad, Luke and Macy were running laps around the house, and running up and down the stairs. I "nicely" told them to go back to sleep, that it was very early, and then tried myself to go back to bed. Apparently, they claim to have been up since about 1 - not sure how, when all but Chad were sleeping on our floor when we came to bed - but whatever. Anyways, D and I finally got out of bed at about 7, woke up Haley and Reed, and then the real party began!

We opened presents, played with presents, finally convinced some to take naps, and got a conference call with all the Huckvales at 2:00. Had to take mom to the airport, and on the way, it was snowing! Very cool! Not enough to stick to the ground, but still enough to call it a White Christmas!!!

We hope that you all had a great day as well... and have all caught up on your sleep by now!