We had the best Christmas this year. My kids were so much fun. I always do this and tell myself I won't but I end up still working on getting presents bought and wrapped up until a week before Christmas and it isn't until I'm done I can finally enjoy the holiday. I need to quit doing that and get it all done early so I can enjoy December! Between all the parties we did at our house, class parties, teacher and neighbor gifts I feel like a freaking chicken with his head cut off. Why does Christmas have to be so stressful!
The kick off to the busy weekend was our annual Palmer Christmas party with santa! This year we had Joe and Heather and their family with us from Kentucky. I loved that because most of the other kids are all older so it was fun for my younger kids to have kids around their age for a change! Not only that but we had never met their baby Kate so it was fun to met my newest niece.
The kids of course loved seeing Santa and getting their gifts. Sannette was again the most excited to see Santa. I love seeing her talk to Santa. Easton did pretty good with Santa. At least he didn't cry! But he was a little worried about it.
The next day was Christmas eve. We didn't do much that day besides going out to lunch and just getting things around the house ready. We had dinner at my home again this year and had got to host my Grandma Jenkins again. In the last year I've lost my Grandpa Jenkins and last fall I lost my Grandma Pack. It's not lost on me how lucky I am to still have my Grandma around. I love her to pieces and felt super blessed my family got to have her two years in a row. She told us a lot of people offered but she loved being with my kids for Christmas! We have a nice dinner (I luck out Bryan is a good cook and will help me!) and watched our favorite Christmas movie "It's a wonderful life" and a movie on the nativity. It was a awesome evening. And Blake got his Christmas wish and it snowed like crazy christmas eve. Like a foot of snow.
I noticed late Christmas eve my Easton started with a fever out of nowhere. I'm still not sure what it was! But when the older boys got us up before 6 I wasn't about to make him get up if he wasn't feeling good. This is the second year he missed most of Christmas morning and it honestly bothers me but it's ok.
Santa brought my older boys guns! tysons back was to me or I would have photos of him opening his present too. They were excited to say the least.
Stockton got a batman set- Brett a Paw patrol set from Santa. Ty got a kindle from me.
"you'll shoot your eye out!"
After Blake had opened a few presents I noticed he was laying down... he had the same dumb bug Easton had! He was sick for Christmas. At least he felt well enough to be apart of everything.
Easton didn't really care about anything- not even the wrapping paper. He just wanted the candy the kids got in their stockings.
Brett had picked out a knife he wanted to give Bryan (we draw names and Brett got Bryan) I loved this moment when Bryan opened his present.
I stayed home with the sickies while Bryan took the other boys to church. He sent me a picture of Brett asleep in his chair... but they were there at least!
We ended the day with Stockton loosing his first tooth! Grandpa Palmer had come over to say hi and helped us pull it out. A little too helpful though because the tooth went flying and we still haven't found it yet!
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