We had a wonderful Christmas. A few highlights were going to the Botanical Gardens-A-Glow, dropping off Christmas goodies, sledding on Christmas day in Idaho City, and attending Christmas Eve church services with our friends.
This is what happens if you let Texas Rhodes rolls rise too long! Awesome!
Our Christmas food tradition is lots of fruit, meats, and cheeses. No cooking! (Except for the stuffed mushrooms, which also gave us some serious gut-pain issues!) My favorite is Chinese meat with hot mustard. Yum!
Sammi getting ready to open Christmas PJs. Our tradition is opening PJs and then watching the Polar Express.
Henry shoving a roll in his mouth.
Charles made his very first batch of Gingerbread cookies -- they were good!
I did not take a bunch of pictures on Christmas Eve or morning, I wanted to be in the moment, not behind the camera, but here are some after pictures . . . LEGOS lots of LEGOS! Our kids love LEGOS. They are pretty much the only toy we have in the house.
Henry loved eating candy canes.
We went up to Idaho City on Christmas day, to find a sledding hill. There was barely any snow, just enough for a bit of sledding.
It was a good Christmas, though I am glad it is over. I have spent the whole night last night until now in bed, terribly sick with some sort of flu the kids and Charles all had. I prayed to not get sick until after Christmas and my prayer was answered -- I got sick at the end of the night last night. I do not remember the last time I have felt so achy and awful, with the desire to just sleep. The kids all did the same thing, they would just pass out for hours and hours, and when Charles had it he was in bed for 2 days. Ugh. Oh well, better to get it over with now!
I am ready for the new year! I am also ready to clean up Christmas and get our house back in order! I would have done it today had I not been sick, maybe I will be able to handle it tomorrow . . . I am ready to have order and cleanliness again.
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