We did things a little different this year....
I emailed Santa (wink, wink) and had him come the night of the 23rd. So, the kids received their Santa gifts Christmas Eve morning. We spent the rest of the morning together. We played and went and saw a movie. The rest of the afternoon was spent opening gifts from grandparents and mom and dad.Every couple of hours or so, we'd let them pick a couple of gifts to open. Then dinner, and after that we read in the bible and sang Christmas hymns. The kids got to open the rest of their gifts. Then, off to bed. Tomorrow we will have our Christmas dinner with a some friends, and enjoy spending more time as a family. It has been fabulous.
We have received so many thoughtful cards, gifts, and goodies from friends and family. THANK YOU EVERYONE!! WE LOVE YOU ALL!
We are so blessed, and feel so grateful to have this time to enjoy pondering on our lives, and the life of Christ, and how richly he has blessed us through his example of love. We pray we can emulate that love, as we strive to be like Him each day.
May our Father in Heaven continue to bless you all and may you continue to feel the love of Christ in your lives!
love,
The Tingey Family
Enjoy the pictures, which by the way are not in any order at all.
Our neighborhood had a little "Cookies with Santa" get together. It was a lot of fun. The kids ate sweets, frosted cookies, did crafts, drank hot chocolate, sat on Santa's lap, and went for a hay ride. It was really fun for them.
Cali is such a cutie! She says pretty, "tee". I ask her, "Where are the pretty lights?" and she points to the mantle and says, "tee". I ask, "where is the pretty tree?" and she points to the tree and says again, "tee". It is sooo stinkin' cute!
All Aubrey wanted for Christmas, was candy.
Connect 4; Fun game.
Aubrey painted mom's toes and nails at least 3 times today.
Santa can't seem to get it right with Wesley; He walked into the room and saw his remote control truck and said, "I wanted a car, not a truck!". Little stinker! He does love the truck now that he has had the day to play with it, thank goodness.
"All I want for Christmas is....."
Hay ride: This was so fun. We had a hay ride through the neighborhood and sang Christmas songs. I think Wesley went 3 times.
mmmm.....first taste of ice cream, compliments of daddy.
Aubrey is still not so sure about Santa. We MADE her go see him so she could get a free Chik-fil-A kids meal.
Enjoying the tree after a long night of decorating. I think we lost about 10 glass bulbs this year.
Cali having fun with the jingle bells.
