I do realize that it's already in the latter part of January, but I never did publish a Christmas posting so I'm going to back track a little (so uncommon for me, I know).
Christmas around here was wonderful as always. How could it not be? It is Christmas after all. In fact, thinking back to every Christmas I've experienced I cannot remember one that was negative. Which is really quite amazing when I consider periods of financial stress, illness, the death of loved ones, divorce, or the many other things that frequently present themselves. I remember feeling particularly out of my element during a pool-side Christmas spent in Chile as a foreign exchange student, but even then the uplifting spirit of Christmas was still very much present. I suppose the knowledge of and gratitude towards our Savior and His willingness to be born into this world transcends, for at least a moment, all of the bad.
Anyway, our home is never without its share of excitement, and Christmas only seems to augment that fact. The highlight this year was a series of Nerf gun wars that consumed much of Christmas Day. We broke into teams, constructed barricades, assigned bases, created some ground rules, and then went at it.
What I found out about myself: I secretly love playing with Nerf guns, and my shield of choice is a plastic, yellow-and-red shopping cart.
Here are the top pics:
Bad Boys
Team Mom
PJs from G-ma
Brookers Skywalker (in bathtime form) 
Cutest watch ever!
The "Daddy Gun"
Fun times with Aunt Heidi
Christmas Eve with cousins (and Grams)
Bandaids are bliss
Finally, another girl in the house!
Christmas around here was wonderful as always. How could it not be? It is Christmas after all. In fact, thinking back to every Christmas I've experienced I cannot remember one that was negative. Which is really quite amazing when I consider periods of financial stress, illness, the death of loved ones, divorce, or the many other things that frequently present themselves. I remember feeling particularly out of my element during a pool-side Christmas spent in Chile as a foreign exchange student, but even then the uplifting spirit of Christmas was still very much present. I suppose the knowledge of and gratitude towards our Savior and His willingness to be born into this world transcends, for at least a moment, all of the bad.
Anyway, our home is never without its share of excitement, and Christmas only seems to augment that fact. The highlight this year was a series of Nerf gun wars that consumed much of Christmas Day. We broke into teams, constructed barricades, assigned bases, created some ground rules, and then went at it.
What I found out about myself: I secretly love playing with Nerf guns, and my shield of choice is a plastic, yellow-and-red shopping cart.
Here are the top pics:
Bad Boys
Team MomTeam Dad
PJs from G-ma
Brookers Skywalker (in bathtime form) 
Cutest watch ever!
The "Daddy Gun" Are you kidding me?
Fun times with Aunt Heidi
Christmas Eve with cousins (and Grams)
Bandaids are bliss
Finally, another girl in the house!
What was Santa thinking?
What an awesome Christmas!! Nerf wars looked like a blast...what a fun day! I can't believe how big your kids are. They are adorable.
ReplyDeleteLove the nerf guns! Santa brought them here too!! Too bad we don't live close enough to battle it out.
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love it! and I love that you are in the middle of it :)
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