Texas...part two...Christmas Day

We brought our felt creation to Texas for an instant tree. I made this tree when we were living in family housing for grad. school in Boulder. That year we really didn't have room for a tree and we weren't going to be home for Christmas anyway. Jared was amazed with how the felt ornaments stuck (and were repositionable) to the felt tree. (I guess he didn't consider the miracle when he was in primary and fhe as a kid.. :) )

We had the cousin kids draw names for gift giving. My kids did a project (some of you probably did this at school) where they drew on a special paper, we sent it in, and they were made into plates. It was so fun to make! And give!

This year we had our own kids pick a name and choose a book from the scholastic book order for each other. They had fun with that, though their choices were pretty different from mine. :) I loved that even still they spontaneously made cards for each other. And loved them.

My favorite Christmas moment was with this vest Andrew's wearing. He'd been wanting one for a while so I made a little note to self. When he opened it he shouted "AWESOME!" (or something) and ran up to me giving me a huge hug, and a kiss!! I'll give a vest every year for that reaction!!

We had our fun Christmas breakfast despite the fact that we were in a rental (picture living without your typical baking foods...) we had a very fun breakfast. The kids "got to" eat at the coffee table. Great memories!! Such a great, unique Christmas.