On the 23rd we had a very unexpected visitor stop by.. Santa!
A guy in our ward decided to surprise everyone and knocked and walked in just before the kids were going to be put to bed. Ella was less than thrilled to see a stranger, and Hudson was a bit star struck.
Christmas Eve fell on a Sunday this year, so off to church we went.
I love me some holiday wear for church!
Taylor's parents stopped by that afternoon to give the kids their Christmas presents.
Ella got this horse and carriage.
Hudson got a good size metal dump truck and a loader.
We do our fancy dinner on Christmas Eve, so that I don't spend all day cooking on Christmas.
We kept it fairly simple, and it was perfect for us.
Christmas Eve jammies
Before putting the kids to bed I read Twas the Night Before Christmas and Taylor read the story of Christ's birth from our nice fancy Bible. Just kidding.. He read it off of his phone hahaha.
After putting the kids to bed we became real parents and spent a few hours putting toys together.
This was our first year having multiple toys to put together on Christmas Eve, so I think we officially leveled up haha.
Santa brought a toy kitchen, a large dump truck, fire truck, and car hauling truck, as well as a few other toys.
We enjoyed homemade cinnamon rolls and let the kids play with their toys from Santa for a while before we opened presents.
Hudson LOVED opening presents! It was all we could do to make him slow down so someone else could open a present. Thanks to some awesome Target toy clearance in July, Hudson ended up with a lot of new toys.
This little $13 Mack was the best toy we got for Hudson.
He plays with it literally ever single day.
We took a quick trip to dump boxes and other garbage from the holiday, and Hudson quickly passed out in the truck from all of the excitement of the day.
Other presents that I want to remember:
Pink motorcycle for Ella from Poppy and Gigi
Tractor and combine grain harvesting set for Hudson from Poppy and Gigi
Beard cape, electric razor, and a Super Nintendo for Taylor from me
Apple watch and different colored band from Taylor to me.
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