Ahhhh...Christmas is over and I can now blog sans guilt.
Actually, Christmas this year was quite wonderful.
Why?
We simplified. Big time.
We didn't go overboard and we didn't go
into debt.
I made about 75% of my gifts. Dan made about 35%.
Yeah, the kids got less, but no one complained.
They were happy and appreciative.
For that I am grateful.
So, to get this post going.
Amelia and Jon visited the week before Christmas before heading on up to
Washington state to be with his family.
So, we hung out and played.
We did their yearly photo shoot.
(see http://dpstonephotography.com)
It rained all week, but we still had a good time.
Then, on their last evening with us (a week ago today) we had our
first installment of Christmas - for them.
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| Amelia is trying to eat the ornament!! Oh NoOOO!!! |
First, we had them open their yearly ornament.
This year we gave them a Christmas Pickle ornament!
New tradition for the Stone household.
Every Christmas Eve, "Santa" hides a pickle ornament somewhere on the tree.
The first one to find it on Christmas morning gets the honor of handing out presents!
(Some families have the pickle designate who gets the first present of the day.)
Then the present opening began in earnest!!
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| The girl LOVES chocolate!! |
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| Jon with his BYU hat, apron & cookbook! He was a happy camper! |
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| Meli & Jon in their homemade beanies - ready for the cold north! |
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| She asked for books - and she got 'em! |
Next, since Jon had drawn Rachel's name (and vice versa), we let Rachel open her present from Jon that night.
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| What could it be???? |
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| Whoa!!! It's Jon's old laptop computer!! WooHoo!! |
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| Another VERY happy camper!! |
So, although it was sad to see them leave before Danny got here,
we had a great time with the Brame's.
It was a great visit with great family, and that's a big part of
what Christmas is all about, right??
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