Without the snow this year, Christmas seemed to come and go and we didn't even feel like it had come. Thank goodness for the time spent with our family and friends to remind us that it was here!
On Christmas Eve day, Bob and Jan came over to watch the boys open their gifts from them. As expected, the boys were very blessed by their Grandpa and Grandma Parkinson.
Christmas Day!
Steve read the Christmas Story before we even began anything in the morning.
And then it was time to unwrap the gifts.....
Even the dogs got a Christmas gift....a morning in the house (and I didn't complain about it :)! ).
We headed over to my parents place at noon. As we were waiting for lunch to get ready, the kids opened gifts from Grandpa and Grandma Oliver.
We decided to change things up a bit this year (with Steve's permission!).....we indulged in an array of appetizers and afterwards we were stuffed to the rim. It was soooo good.
And then for supper we had steak and lobster. Yup, you read that right - steak and lobster. No turkey this year! It was such a nice change and we loved it.
The men spent most of the afternoon putting together some lego for mom...
In the evening we headed off to Scott and Tannis' (my cousins) for some games. Sawyer and Ezra did awesome. The following two pictures were at 11:00pm.....they both stayed awake (I'm confident that they were exhausted) until we went home...Steve and I left at 1:30!
It was a great Christmas! Time spent with family is always fantastic!
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