Christmas

Courtney warned us that she was going to be waking us up at 6 am to open presents.  We thought it would be funny to go in and wake her up but we ended up pretending like we were still sleeping when she came in.  We had to make a spoof of a video of Ethan when he was little.  If you haven't seen it, you are missing out because it's a hilarious Christmas video.  Here is Courtney's version (at least the first part of it is):

We opened presents.  Santa did indeed come and brought Courtney a camera that she has been wanting for a while.  Ethan took his with him when he went on his mission (actually, we took it down for him when we went through the temple with him) and Courtney has wanted one of her own to take pictures with.  She got ski clothes (surprise!), a bunch of books, and a new Minkey Couture blanket.  She got money from her grandparents so she is going to buy new cleats and she got another year of Spotify premium.  She was pretty happy with her haul.

We had our traditional breakfast of sausage, eggs, orange rolls (a different brand this year since they were sold out of the usual ones we get), and orange juice.

My parents came over and we had lunch and opened more presents.  Then it was time for naps and games.  Santa brought us Connect 4 for Christmas.  Bryan and Courtney played for a long time and have become addicted to it.  I don't play because I'm too easy to beat. ;)

Ethan got to call later in the afternoon.  He opened his presents with us watching and it was fun to see things that the ward members had given him and all the packages from family.  He has a ton of gift cards and so much candy!  They were invited to a member family's home for the evening and he was excited for that.  They were going to have a big dinner with family.  I am glad he was well taken care of for Christmas.

It was a good Christmas day!