Christmas Day

Christmas morning (well the whole day) was so much fun. It is exciting to have Santa visit our house. When Rhone woke up we read the birth of Jesus from the scriptures, prayed, and played around upstairs until Rhone was wide awake and in a good mood. He made his grand entrance to see his Santa gifts. He went straight for his 4- wheeler. He is such a boy, we loved watching the delight on his face as he played. He just wanted to play with everything and not open anything new. Our gift opening was spread out throughout the whole day (and next day for Rhone) because of web-cam schedules. We ate lunch with a crowd from Ben's work. It was nice of them to have us over- but it just didn't feel too Christmas-y. That night I cooked our own little Christmas dinner too. Rhone fed himself cranberry salad. He was messy, but happy and full. After Rhone went to bed, Ben and I stayed up and played our wii. I felt like a little kid all over again and loved it. I am so thankful we were together as a family to celebrate the birth of our Savior. A big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who not only got us gifts, but also paid shipping to get them to us. We loved sharing Christmas (via web-cam) with you!

G0tta love that smile.

Taking it for a ride with help from Dad. Now he can get on and off and make it go by himself (we're still working on the steering part).


Ben with his stocking. For some reason he was convinced (and disappointed) that I was getting him a dress watch for Christmas. He thought for sure that's what was in this fossil tin. He was totally wrong. It's a money clip to take on his missions and I didn't get him a watch. It was so much fun to see him trying to be excited about a gift he didn't want and he best part was that he was really surprised with his real gift.

This present was to Ben from Rhone (see the diaper box). It was a pair of Nerf guns. Even though it's fuzzy, I love the look on Ben's face.

Our family. Why is this the only picture of me? Because I was the one taking all the pictures.

Rhone hanging out in his new bass pro chair. We bought it in MO when he was 1 month old. I love that he is lounging with the remote.

Here is Rhone in his Christmas clothes (notice I did not use the word outfit- because I have been informed that only girls wear outfits- boys wear clothes). I think he looks pretty adorable with a tie.

Not so cute of Rhone, but you can see his handsome clothes.