Christmas 2009

For christmas this year we stayed at home in Temecula. When my Mom heard we would be alone and staying home, she and Dave and my brother Aaron decided that maybe they'd hop on over here because they were going to be alone in Arizona too.

Only a few days before christmas we finally decided to toss our money saving idea of not having a christmas tree out the window and get a tree. The decision came because Keegan kept asking Andy, "Dad, can I have a christmas tree at my house?" daily and then there were the shouts of excitement any time we drove past a decorated tree. We're glad we got a tree; it wouldn't have been the same without it and the kids loved it.

On Christmas Eve we read the Christmas Story and the boys opened 1 gift. We had a ham dinner and yummy desserts.

The best we could do to get both kids in a photo in their christmas eve pj's
Some cookies I made with a cookie press.

Aaron sitting on Lille

Christmas morning was the best yet! Keegan and Graham were so excited - especially Keegan. We all had so much fun watching Keegan and Graham play with their toys and open presents. Keegan is really getting into the magic of christmas. Highlights were a Buzz Lightyear, a popcorn maker, Thomas the Train, "Shlaw-ko-let milk" (chocolate milk) from Santa, a recorder for Graham, and Cozy Coupes from Grandma which are still getting played with every day. We made our traditional Danish christmas breakfast of aebleskiver with buttermilk syrup. We filled the rest of the day with appetizers and leftovers. Of course laying around with christmas movies was also part of Christmas Day.

Cool PJ's from Nana and Papa Lowe

We filled the next day with a walk around Old Town and a movie with no kids in a theater ( a real christmas gift for Andy and me). It was a fun christmas and we are glad that Mom, Dave, and Aaron came to share it with us.