We had a wonderful Christmas this year! We decided to stay at home since the first time since we got married. We decided to start some of our own traditions and I bought some cinnamon roll dough from a bakery to make for breakfast. We spent the night driving from one parents house to the other and Santa visited and brought the kids a remote control car that can ride on the walls! We went home, read the kids "The Night Before Chrismas" and put them to bed. Kirt and I set out to wrap presents and create a fantasy morning for our kids. Over the summer we had purchased an outdoor slide and jungle gym to put downstairs, since we have no backyard. We brought it up and realized it had not been washed before we bought it and we spent two hours cleaning it up and steralizing it for the kids. We went to bed at 1:30 in the morning! I woke up with Katelyn and looked to see what time it was, but the power had gone out! I had to wake up Kirt to hold a flashlight while I changed her diaper. She woke up again, the princess, at 6:30 and the power was still off. Brayden woke us up around 8:45 and the power was still not on. It was FREEZING! We had put the brand new dvd recorder we bought for Christmas next to the wall so we could record them opening their presents, but we did not charge it the night before! So the Dvd recorder lasted long enough for them to walk down the stairs and see everything. We couldn't make any cinnamon rolls, for lack of an oven. We couldn't see anything because the lights wouldn't work, and there was 15 new inches of snow out front and it was still snowing! So we wrapped up in our blankets and Kirt packed up every toy into the car, most still unopened! Just as I went to shut the door to leave, the power flashed back on. Of course! We drove through the blizzard to my mom's house and had to let the kids open their presents there. The kids didn't even get to climb the slide we had spent and hour cleaning! It was not the Christmas we had imagined, but we got to spend it with family, which is what we wanted anyway.
4 comments:
Cute cute pictures. Your kids are getting so cute. Im sorry everthing went wrong on christmas but when you look back your laugh and say, oh remember the christmas when!!! lol. But it is fun to start your own family tradations good for you. We usually never go anywhere on christmas, its a british tradtion to have the big dinner like your thanksgiving, this year ralph and emmalee did it and they did great. (as i was down from surgery). It wasnt quite the christmas im used to having too but was made special in a different way. Leland and seeing our kids take over and do the things i normally do.
But glad you had a great one in the end and have a wonderful new year.
I love the outfit you have Katelyn in! She looks like a little snow princess!
I LOVE your Christmas story! We didn't have the dream Christmas either. The hospital isn't the most festive place in the world.
Your family is so cute... I love you!
That is such a great story Emily! You will remember this Christmas forever, even if your kids don't. Your family is adorable!!
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