Christmas 2007

We hope you all had a great Christmas!! We started by enjoying Christmas Eve day with Steve at the fire station. They had a huge lunch for us. We had prime rib, ham, ravioli, salads and desserts. It was delicious. We watched a couple different times when they left to go on calls and just hung out for a few hours. Santa came to visit on the fire engine and gave all the kids a present and told them to be extra good for mom and go to sleep early. We were glad we went in and enjoyed that time with Dad because he couldn't be with us that night. We went home and went to Grandma and Grandpa Staheli's to go Christmas caroling and have dinner with the Applegates. (Steve's aunt and uncle). We had the only kids this year so it wasn't very crowded and we kept singing Jingle Bells and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. We opened our cute matching pajamas that Grandma made and we read the Christmas story. Then it was time for bed. It was already 10:00 so I didn't get kids to sleep until almost 11. We had a very nice Christmas Eve day and night. Drake woke up about 6:15 and so we only had to wait 45 min until dad got home. We had to wake Makenzie up just before dad got home. Tyson found his truck and trailer from Santa and wanted to play with it right now. Makenzie got a dolly that eats, drinks, pees, and poops. Sierra got her mini sewing machine and made 2 pillows that day. Drake got a wave and a new bike and of course Madden 08. Steve got a laptop and I got clothes and a beautiful ring. Thank you everyone for your gifts to the kids and to us. We are so thankful to have a great family and to have the gospel in our lives to help us understand life and remind us to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas our Savior Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas and have a happy new year!!!