First Christmas

What a busy holiday weekend. I'm glad it is over, but happy it went so well. We went to my parent's house on Saturday morning. Didn't do much that afternoon, just spent time with family and enjoyed the wonderful break from our normal lives. The whole family went to Christmas Eve Service at my parents church in De Forest. It was so nice for the whole family to worship together. Patrick was enthralled with the candles. Afterwards, we ate dinner and then opened our Christmas presents.

Patrick waiting for gifts with daddy.

Opening presents was a little crazy. In my family we always open one present at a time starting with the youngest. Well, Patrick didn't seem to care about opening the presents and Jonathan wouldn't stop opening presents. Once his first present was open, Patrick only wanted to look at and play with the puzzle.

After all the presents were opened the little boys went to bed. On Christmas Day, we joined my parents for church before heading to FDL for Christmas with Michael's side. Grandma and Grandpa F came for dinner along with cousin Becca. Afterwards Patrick opened a few presents from them. He loved the "Band in a Box" that he received. The maracas are his favorite.

We finally got home in time to open presents from each other and to watch the Packers play. Patrick got a toaster and blender for his play kitchen. Michael received a bluetooth speaker and I received two charms for my bracelet, both for our honeymoon; Rome and Vatican City.

Overall a great Christmas and we still have one more day on Wednesday.