Merry Christmas

Oh what a week it has been for Christmas Eve to finally arrive! I spent the week unpacking, unpacking, & unpacking. The kids finally got the Christmas Tree decorated Sunday evening and we spent most of today relaxing and watching movies. Hunter, Josh, Hailey & Rylan anxiously waited all day to open the one present they get to open each year on Christmas Eve, which they knew would be Christmas PJ's. This year I put a different spin on their PJ's and got them all the traditional Japanese PJ's. They were really excited and just looked so cute in them that of course I couldn't resist taking their picture. Rylan was a hoot to get him to stay seated as usual, but this time I bribed him with chocolate. It seemed to work really well. We hope you are all enjoying the Christmas holiday. Mark and I are ever so busy as you can imagine, but grateful we took the time this weekend to reflect over the many blessings we have received over the last year and shared with the kids the story about the birth of the Savior. We really have been blessed! May all of you find Peace, Joy, Love, and Happiness with the New Year upon us!