Christmas :)

I know.
Christmas was like 3 weeks ago.
But better late then never!!

Christmas this year was different for us. It was the first year that we didn't have any family with us on Christmas morning. It was different. Andrew was in Florida, Jimmy was recovering from knee surgery, John & Rox were in Canada, and Laura was with her kids.

Christmas Eve when I was wrapping presents (yes, I waited till the last possible second because i hate wrapping presents) I decided I'd take pictures of what I was wrapping so that I could remember what they were getting. 

For Preston: 

They read this book in Nursery one week and he would not stop talking about how we need to give someone a better train. (for a synopsis of the book click HERE)

Or course all things Cars are a big hit. 

Books

More cars for Mom & Dad to step on/pick up all day long. 

For Jaxton: 

The nice thing about having small boys is that they were in bed by 8:30 and Santa could come right away. 

Oh this was also for the boys.
Preston of course loves to help me in the kitchen so we thought he would like his own. 

He was a little dazed when he came downstairs and saw it. 

Also nice that they didn't get up excited at 4:30, they were up at normal 6:30/7 time.
I know, the days are a comin when they stay up late and wake up early, but this year was nice. 

Present unwrapping time!!

Pretty sure Jaxton was bummed out that there wasn't fruit snacks in the box. 

The end result. Oh, the lawnmower in the back is Jaxton's too. Preston loves his mower and so we got Jaxton one so they can play together. And of course practice for when they open their own landscaping business. 

And a few hours later I remembered that we jot Jaxton his own chair & he has been using it to climb on things ever since.

It was a great Christmas.
That night we had our traditional Christmas dinner. Patricks' dad and Laura were able to come over and help us eat the delicious ham, twice baked potatoes, garlic roasted cauliflower, apple pie, and rolls. 

So while it was a different year for us with not so many guests, we still had a good time.