Christmas 2013

Christmas seemed to come really fast this last month! The kids were super excited and really got into the Christmas spirit! And most of that spirit came from being home and doing Christmassy type stuff! I only took the kids out shopping once in Vulcan to pick out gifts for their cousins, Jared and I did all the kids shopping online this year! It was much easier and way less stressful! Calum is really into Lego guys, he will dig through all his Lego and pick out the guys and usually pretends they are Jack Sparrow or Luke "Spy-walker"! So we went onto Amazon and found individual Lego guys for sale! We got him Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Obi Wan Kenobi, Princess Leia, Yoda and C3PO (he already had R2D2). We also found a Jack Sparrow set that came with Jack Sparrow, Barbossa, Black Beard and a Skeleton! To go with the pirates we also got him Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan! When Jared and I went out the Friday before Christmas we went into Toys R Us and happened to find a Lego man display case! We put all his new guys inside and wrapped it up for him! He was beyond excited, he was ecstatic!!

Armin has been saying he wanted a Thomas the Train set for months! So that is what he got! He played non stop with it Christmas Day! We hot him the new track master set with the bigger motorized cars! He loves that he can just let them go and usually cheers Thomas on..."go Thomas, go Thomas, go Thomas!!!!!" Grandpa Glen gave the boys a hot wheels race ramp to share and they love it too! Emry was spoiled with the entire Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit books as well as the Anne of Green Gables DVD set from grandma Debbie and grandpa Mark! She also got her much desired Lego Friends Heartlake High set! The kids faired well and were very thankful and happy! Jared bought himself a gun safe from John Deere when the Jeep sold so I really had nothing else to get him! I did find him the Black Keys and Neil Young guitar tab books that he didn't have! I also bought him a couple new John Deere hoodies that he had mentioned! I had hinted at an iPad without any intention of actually getting one! So Christmas morning when I opened it was I ever surprised! Jared actually bought Jared Hague's old one for a fraction of the cost of a new one! It made for one happy wife! The kids gave me a beautiful nativity, one I will always cherish! I honestly don't think you can have too many nativities!


Our Christmas was very quiet this year! Jared and I both worked the morning of Christmas Eve and that afternoon we went to my mom and Mark's for dinner and to celebrate Christmas! It was a nice afternoon with yummy food and super delicious homemade pies (pecan, salted caramel pumpkin and buttermilk! Soooooooo yummy!) Armin opened his present from grandma and grandpa and in his exact words, "YEAH...YEAH, YEAH!" It was an imaginext pirate ship!

We came home and opened our Christmas jammies and a Christmas DVD! We got our pj's on, popped popcorn and watched The Santa Clause! We set cookies out for Santa and sprinkled reindeer food and sparkles outside so Santa could find his way and we got the kids to bed by 9, and they were all fast asleep by 9:15! I cleaned up the kitchen while Jared wrapped the Santa gifts! We filled stockings and were in bed by 11! Calum was in bed with us by 7 and Jared finally had to tell him to go get Emry and Armin up at 8! The kids were excited and we had a nice fun yet quiet morning! My dad stopped by around 11 so we exchanged gifts with him and had some appetizer type food for lunch! Cocktail wieners wrapped in bacon and doused in brown sugar, crackers and cheese, cucumbers and carrots, oranges and lots of Christmassy treats! The afternoon was spent playing board games, building Lego and racing cars! We had a super yummy roast beef dinner and were again in bed nice and early!

Boxing Day was spent at Myrna's with the rest of the Puzey clan! We had a traditional turkey dinner, exceptional as always! We had Christmas pudding for dessert and again lots of Christmassy desserts! The adults visited into the evening while the kids played! And then home to bed for a not so early night!

It was a wonderful Christmas, celebrating the birth of our Savior and being with family! I am so thankful for all I have, for the blessings of family, health and freedom! I'm thankful for the wonder and joy I was able to witness in our children's eyes Christmas morning! I am thankful for the knowledge they have of the true meaning of Christmas despite the excitement mingled with the magic of Christmas! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year!