For New Year's Eve, we had Justin's family over for food & games. We played so many board games that the night flew by. We weren't even ready when the clock hit 12!
But we had so much fun welcoming in 2026!
Happy New Year Everybody!
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Christmas 2025
Christmas morning was magical. It always is, but as a mom, it's one of my very favorite days of the year. Everything about it makes me happy.
I spent a good chunk of Christmas Eve night filling the stockings. (Santa doesn't fill the stockings in our home. Instead of buying gifts for each other, we all buy something for each other's stockings. Something small, sometimes funny, sometimes heartfelt, but always fun). Everybody had already added in their surprises so I topped them all off with things I've been collecting throughout the year. Stockings are my favorite part of Christmas.
Santa did come . . .
Taya got an easel, paints, paintbrushes, & canvases.
Craiger got his very first pair of Nike Air shoes. He's been wanting some for a couple years now.
Canyon LOVES putting together mini, off-brand, lego sets. He got 2 new ones. . . the white house (spelled "white hose" on the box) & a potions class one.
And Bladen has been wanting to learn how to play Magic the Gathering so he got some Final Fantasy magic cards.
The kids were very excited to see what Santa brought them.
Then we spent the next hour taking turns opening up gifts. Everybody had a lot of fun seeing what everyone got.
Christmas morning breakfast is almost always omelets. Trek makes the best omelets & the kids love them.
Then after cleaning up some of the mess, we sit down & open stockings for the next hour. This is always everyone's favorite part of Christmas.
I had a pretty amazing Christmas this year. Trek got me the Skylight Calendar Max (which is AWESOME at keeping our whole family's schedules all in one place), 3 games, some new pjs, & more. It was great.
Then after we do all of Christmas, get things all cleaned up, we then get to open our presents from my friend Nancy. She always spoils the entire family rotten with new clothes & shoes for the new year.
Trek got 4 new nutcrackers for his collection from Nancy this year: the 3 wise men, & a beautiful snowglobe nutcracker.
The Sunday after Christmas, Lorien & Elijah came back up & opened up their Christmas gifts & stockings. It was like "2nd Christmas" as a hobbit would say:
It was a wonderful Christmas. 2025 was rough on many many levels, but at the same time we were blessed in so many wonderful ways. We gained 2 wonderful young men that I get to call sons now & we've grown closer as a family as a whole. I wouldn't trade a second of it.
I love my dear, sweet family.
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