We had a goal to have enough of our remodel done that we could have Christmas at our own house, and we made it! Here are some pictures of a little bit of our holiday fun. We celebrated with the Walton side of the family the Sunday prior to Christmas day, (I was feeling pretty sick so there aren't any pictures of that..) and then we spent Christmas Eve and some of Christmas day with the Jensen side of the family, since Terry's parents went out of town Christmas day.
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| Oliver met Santa for the first time.. it didn't go well... We missed out on Santa last year. |
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| I grew up with the tradition of eating donuts and egg nog when we decorated the tree. Oliver really liked the top of the donuts. |
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| And got ticked when we wouldn't let him have anymore. |
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| Christmas Eve we open one present, Oliver got a dump truck! |
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| I grew up with this story, and Oliver completely took over. |
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| He thought he needed to help wrap some gifts. |
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| Our Christmas tree after Santa had come. Oliver got 3 dump trucks total... one from each grandma, and one little one from Santa. How spoiled! Terry set me up with all the canning supplies I could possibly need, and I got him a camp chef and grill, no more cooking steak on the George Foreman! |
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| He wouldn't open any gifts, he only wanted to sit there and drink his milk. |
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| But, he finally came around and ended up loving his new train set! |
We are so grateful we were able to spend Christmas with our own family and our extended family. As a parent, Christmas is completely different. I loved spoiling Oliver and seeing how excited he got, and getting anything for myself was hardly a concern. This time of year is such a great reminder of what life is about.
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