December 2019: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

Christmas starts with Christmas church! We all had some type of musical talent to offer! 

Yes, we match and YES! I love it! 

Tyler would like you to know that this is what it takes to get a picture like one above... 

On Christmas Eve, we head to Kenney and Teresa's. We eat dinner, make gingerbread Nativities and act out the Nativity story. This year all three kids and I worked together to make a nativity! 

There are officially enough children that I no longer have to dress up and role play! It's about time! Grayson was THE angel, Nolan was THE Joseph and Lyla was a wise"woman". 

 

Grayson cracks me up, he was the best angel ever! He'd get his hands out and flap those wrists like the dignified angel he is! Nolan was very excited that he and Amelia got to be Mary and Joseph.

 

Cue the angel wing flapping...

 

Wise"women" incoming!

"For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him" Matt. 2:2

 

At the end of the night we open traditional pjs!

At home, Santa came for a visit! You can tell which child isn't a morning person, which child can't focus from the presents he can't see and which child is smiling to get this over with as fast as possible! Santa also found some Blue puppy look alikes so they can remember her often.

 
We had a great Christmas! So many laughs and fun memories! Some really great presents and some really great family time! And SO MUCH JUNK FOOD! They boys got hoverboards (How do they make it look so easy! Believe me, it is NOT!). Lyla got a balance bike. Lyla is not speedy, the BIKE is speedy; or so she says. We got an echo dot. This means everyone is yelling Alexa and baby shark is on endless repeat.

These blow up helmets and glove proved that everyone loves a little fight club! Rule #1 of fight club? We don't talk about fight club.

 



Because we are adults, we get excited about presents like sheds(Thanks, Mitch and Emily!) and better toy storage! Tyler got crafty and made shelves within shelves... it's so satisfying!

 

 Merry Christmas to you and yours! We are incredibly blessed! We listened to a lot of Christmas music this year and found a favorite new (to us) song called, "Mary's boy child". It says, 

"Men will live forever more, because of Christmas day!" 

We hope you find the way to be happy and live forever more in the love of our Savior, Jesus Christ!

Merry Christmas from the Swallows!

See you in the New Year!

Until next time...