Who would have thought we would enjoy Christmas being on a Sunday so much? It certainly made things a little busier, and pushed the presents to the back burner, but it brought so much more meaning to a beautiful day.
Upon waking up, we all got dressed for church while Daddy put his previously prepared breakfast casserole into the oven to warm up. Once we were all ready, we opened up our stockings which had our Christmas treats in them (Atticus was pretty excited about his own bag of studenten nut mix :) along with a few small gifts. After our morning scripture study it was on to breakfast. We finished breakfast, brushed our teeth and had just enough time to snap a picture before we headed out the door.
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| not the greatest picture, or quality, but when you only have time for one take... |
Church was wonderful. There were special musical numbers and lovely talks given. It was a nice treat to be able to partake of the sacrament on Christmas. Funny enough, there was a family visiting from Canada whom, we learned, know both of our families (small world..). After church services we made sure to give seasons greetings to everyone and visited with friends (much longer than the kids would have liked..).
By the time we made it home and ate a light lunch we were all ready for a nap, but opened up just a couple presents first. Milayla took an immediate liking to her new stuffed giraffe and a book from her big brother while Atticus was beyond excitement at the sight of some new books.
While the kids napped, us responsible adults went to work to get the kitchen prepared for dinner. We prepared a lot of stuff in advance so it was mostly just a matter of getting everything out and organized. This year we experimented with three different kinds of perogy filling. Beyond perogies (and sauce!) we had rolls, roasted veggies, veggie sticks, salad and sauerkraut (Jason may have been the only one who liked that last one).
Our guests began arriving and we got to work making perogies. Most of our guests had never even heard of them before let alone tried them (except for one of our guests who is a fellow Canadian) and we love introducing people to the deliciousness that is perogies.
While we assembled we talked, a lot, and snacked on far too many predinner sweets. Atticus snuck in another present to open and enticed everyone to the living room while we waited on a couple guests to begin dinner. Much to Atticus' delight everyone was pretty excited about his new train and tracks to add to his growing collection.
When the time for dinner finally arrived we were all pretty excited and crowded ourselves around the table but it would have to wait for just a couple more minutes while we snapped a photo. Unfortunately, there are still three people missing from the photo.
After dinner we watched The Nativity (the short one produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), sang carols and opened up gifts. Then it was time for dessert and games.
It was a fun day. The kids loved having so many people come to celebrate Christmas with us and so did we! The kids even got to talk to Uncle Chase, who is currently serving a mission in Arizona, before they headed to bed. And we got to talk to a few members from the English side of the family before we went to bed. The Spirit of Christmas was certainly felt in abundance as we gathered together to celebrate the birth of our Savior - what a wonderful blessing.
By the time we made it home and ate a light lunch we were all ready for a nap, but opened up just a couple presents first. Milayla took an immediate liking to her new stuffed giraffe and a book from her big brother while Atticus was beyond excitement at the sight of some new books.
While the kids napped, us responsible adults went to work to get the kitchen prepared for dinner. We prepared a lot of stuff in advance so it was mostly just a matter of getting everything out and organized. This year we experimented with three different kinds of perogy filling. Beyond perogies (and sauce!) we had rolls, roasted veggies, veggie sticks, salad and sauerkraut (Jason may have been the only one who liked that last one).
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| Spinach and Garlic, Red Cabbage and Apple, Spicy Cheese |
While we assembled we talked, a lot, and snacked on far too many predinner sweets. Atticus snuck in another present to open and enticed everyone to the living room while we waited on a couple guests to begin dinner. Much to Atticus' delight everyone was pretty excited about his new train and tracks to add to his growing collection.
When the time for dinner finally arrived we were all pretty excited and crowded ourselves around the table but it would have to wait for just a couple more minutes while we snapped a photo. Unfortunately, there are still three people missing from the photo.
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| From left to right: Atticus, Jason, Constanza, Kiever, Elder Eggmann, Elder Whitehead and Janice. Missing from this photo: Laura, Milayla and Sofia |
It was a fun day. The kids loved having so many people come to celebrate Christmas with us and so did we! The kids even got to talk to Uncle Chase, who is currently serving a mission in Arizona, before they headed to bed. And we got to talk to a few members from the English side of the family before we went to bed. The Spirit of Christmas was certainly felt in abundance as we gathered together to celebrate the birth of our Savior - what a wonderful blessing.
2 comments:
Looks like you had a great day Laura! I can't believe they hadn't heard of pierogies. I always love Christmases on Sunday. It makes it more meaningful. Glad to see you're doing well.
Thanks Kalina! Crazy to think that pierogies are so uncommon outside of Canada and the originating countries (Ukraine and Russia) but it is fun to introduce people to them! And I am really looking forward to the next time Christmas is on a Sunday!
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