Here are some random pictures that I took during all of the festivities of Christmas! 
We always do a "Manger scene" and this year Breanne was the Angel, and Joshua was a wise man. It brought back a lot of memories of when I was a little girl doing the same thing! It was so fun. The kids are all so cute!
Grandma Jardine gave Joshua a sled for Christmas this year, and so we took it out, and had some fun with it on their driveway. Now the sled is the prefered mode of transportation back and forth from Grandma's house!
Me and Scott Christmas morning at out house!
Christmas morning at our house, as the kids were coming in and seeing what Santa brought.
Me and Jared at his mom's house. Or you could call this picture our "Sprite" advertisement!
I gave Jared some "Orange Crush", and he opened it as his Christmas Eve gift! He loved it!
The kids all opened one gift on Christmas Eve. It was so cute to have them all sitting in a row on the couch and watch them take turns, and be so excited for not only what they recieved, but also for what each other recieved. This was the funnest Part of Christmas for me! Before we opened gifts, we read Luke 2's account of the manger scene, with the aid of the pictures out that book Breanne is holding. (I can't remember what it is called.) And after presents, we sang some hymns. It was so great!
Another picture of Breanne, coming out to be the Angel for the manger scene at the Mortensen family Christmas party. This picture kindof got out of place. The party was really fun! We always do white elephant gifts, and have pizza. It was really fun to visit with the extended family. It is a good thing to get together every once in a while. Christmas is a good time for that kind of thing. I was really dissapointed that the Jardine family Christmas party was canceled this year due to the bad weather. I was looking forward to seeing all those great people! But Merry Christmas to everyone, and I hope that everyone has a great 2009!
2 comments:
Ummmm...Julie, is that you actually dressed in clothes on Christmas morning??? I'm impressed! I was in my jammies and wild hair until well into the afternoon. Looks like your family had a great Christmas....just try and look as frazzled as the rest of us once in awhile, would you?? :)
What a fun mom you are! Look at you out there in the snow with the kids :) It looks like you guys had an awesome Christmas! It was great having a white Christmas, wasn't it?
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