Christmas 2025

For Christmas this year, we were getting ready for Grandma and Papa to come! But before they arrived, we got to enjoy the Christmas Eve service with our church family. Mike preached a wonderful message for all 3 services, we got to sing Christmas carols, Pastor John read a Christmas story to the kids, and we got to close with a beautiful candlelight song. 

I wanted to keep dinner fairly simple since Mike wouldn't be able to join us until much later. But since it was Christmas Eve, I still wanted to make it special for the kids. So I decided to make it an appetizer dinner, and the kids loved it! Maybe we will have to make it a tradition :)

For Christmas morning, I made a French toast bake {because we decided to save cinnamon rolls for our time with Grandma and Papa}, and then we got to open stockings and presents! The rest of the day was spent playing and enjoying our new books, games, and toys.

Eli dreaming up all the LEGO things he is going to build

Maddie working on her diamond art

We were graciously {and generously} gifted an entire LEGO collection, and we filled up bins for the kids...it has been days and days of cool LEGO discoveries!

I am just so thankful for this sweet stage of life, where Christmas morning is still fun and exciting, the kids think matching family pajamas are super fun, and we can just enjoy spending the day together.

It was a sweet day, made even sweeter, because at the end of the day, we packed up and headed to the airport to pick up Grandma and Papa! Which meant we got to extend all of the Christmas fun for the rest of the week :)