Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas...other than the fact that Carter came down with the stomach flu Christmas Eve.

Friday evening we attended the Christmas Eve candlelight service which is always so wonderful. Then while Santa's elves were busy in the night wrapping gifts, Carter got sick. By morning he was doing better but spent the entire day on the couch...poor guy. My parents came over and joined us for breakfast and to watch the kids (Connor and Carly) open their presents. Carly LOVED her kitchen. Later we headed over to my brothers for the annual jumping in the pool. I wasn't sure if I should go since I thought I should stay home with Carter, but we all went. When we got to my brothers, we got Carter settled on the couch, the gang jumped in the pool and we then opened our gifts from each other. A tradition we have done for many years, is that rather than buying for every family member, we draw names and then write a poem to that person. Christmas day we take turns reading the poem and we have to figure out who wrote that poem before we can open the gift. When we draw names we dont tell who we have. It is always so funny to hear such crazy and silly poems...especially those written by the guys. The nephew and nieces got a Kinect so we spent the rest of our time doing that.

Sunday morning Carter woke up feeling much better and ready to open his gifts. The boys also got a Kinect so Carter got right into playing the games. It was nice to see him feeling back to himself.

It's hard to believe we are through another Christmas season. Now we head into a new year!