Christmas Day in OZ

Aaron and I were woken up at 6:30 this morning to the sound of little feet running down the hall and lots of soft giggles.

The kids rooms are closer to the living room than ours so they got the first look before coming to get us. The excitement was radiating throughout the house, it was adorable.

All the presents were under the tree with 4 little stockings in front. As we gathered they began to open their stockings with excitement. They were so full of joy.

We pulled gifts from under the tree one by one and really enjoyed taking our time and opening the gifts slowly. Towards the end of the gifts we did face time with Grannie and Grancha so that they could watch the kids open the gifts they had gotten for them. It was wonderful.  After that we had a face time chat with Mama, Pops and the Suxo-Sanchez family. It was great!!

For breakfast we had fruit and muffins. I then went straight into baking our Christmas dinner while the kids played happily for hours.

Around 1:30 we sat down for our lovely Christmas ham dinner. Joseph had just fallen asleep on the couch and we couldn't wake him up, he joined us a bit later. 

The food was delicious but there was so much, Aaron and I kept eating until we nearly burst.

We took a quick break to settle our stomachs before clearing up and did face time with my parents, Steph, Scott, Shaylee and Carson. It was fun watching them open their gifts from us.

The rest of the evening we spent at the beach. It was BEAUTIFUL and nice and warm (in the 90s F). There was a very small breeze but the sea was as calm as could be. Kids splashed and played in the water for a couple hours with their new boogie boards before we left. I still can't believe that we got to spend our Christmas evening on the beach,it was such a neat experience.

Before we ended our day we enjoyed Apple pie and ice cream together. We missed having family around and doing our 'usual' traditions but we really had a wonderful Christmas this year. We have been so blessed! The day couldn't have gone any better and there was much joy and laughter that radiated throughout our house. That's all I ask for ;)

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!!