Christmas this year was spent at home. We loved spending time with the family. Although we missed Ted's parents we had a lot of fun.
The week started out with me having surgey. UGH!!! I have had chronic sinusitis since serving my mission and finally saw an ENT doctor. He recommended surgery to fix the septum, the chronic sinusitis and allergy testing. Well with Ted's crazy work schedule we had to wait until the Monday before Christmas to do this. It went well, however he didn't tell me the pain involved. So I was grateful for pain killers, my mom who came in to help with the little ones, my great husband, and a substitute for nursery on Sunday. The allergy testing will have to come when we have the time again! Maybe I really don't want to know???
I spent Tuesday in a daze and Wednesday in a daze. Thursday, my mom brought Bratten's clam chowder for dinner!!! It was nice having Grandma and Grandpa on Christmas Eve by ourselves!
Christmas day was spent having a great time. Our children slept in until 8:00. Which is a rare occurence in our house. It was so much fun to see the kids faces as they came in and saw what Santa brought them. Having 2 two year olds and a 3 year old smile and get sooo excited is what makes the season bright. (We didn't get cookies out for santa or carrots for the reindeer.. due to mommy feeling like garbage but hey there is always next year! Isaiah didn't even remember to ask.)
We then ventured to my mom's and dad's for Christmas day there. We opened gifts with all the cousins and my sisters and their spouses! Imagine one 6 year old, 3 -3 year olds, 2 2 year olds, and 1 1 year old all opening gifts and getting in the way of their cousins. WHAT A JOY!!!! We missed Jimmy, Nina, and Jesse! Dinner was ham and funeral potatoes! YUMMY.. then it was time to go home. Ted had to work!
Mom put the kids to bed early and then went to bed herself!
