Christmas Festivities 09

I am so sad the Holidays are winding down! I love everything about Christmas and this time of year. We have been busy busy with family and it has been so much fun visiting, playing, seeing movies, eating Kathleen's toffee, etc! Christmas eve-eve we had the Nelson Family Christmas Dinner. Of course the food was delicious, but the real treat for me was afterward watching the kids put on the Nativity! Clark dressed up as a wise man this year and loved every minute of it! He insisted on wearing his costume the next day right when he woke up. After the craft and nativity, the kids got to open presents from Grandpa and Grandma Nelson and Clark was in heaven with his Buzz and Woody! I had to include a picture of Clark sitting in front of the train because that's pretty much all he wants to do as soon as we walk through the door. Can we say obsessed! Christmas Eve we crashed the Weed Family gathering and ate dinner and read the story in Luke. After, the kids played Nativity BINGO...something our family had done forever. Clark opened a Scooter from Aunt Carly and had Katie and Chloe pushing him around the house all night while Rob and my Dad tried to assemble ad 500 piece marble apparatus while watching "Its a Wonderful Life." Clark was so excited for Santa to come that he didn't even put up a fight when bed time rolled around. Rob and I were so excited to set up his Thomas the Train. Christmas is so fun with little kids and it keeps getting better as he understands more of what's going on. Christmas morning we did the whole stocking thing and then surprised him with the Train when he was finished opening his presents. HE DIED! He literally was jumping up and down. Christmas day Clark had us taking his train and tracks everywhere we went. Rob probably set it up 5 different times. You think he would get sick of it after a few laps around ,but oh no he goes and goes and goes until we are forced to disconnect the battery. We are gonna miss Emily/Jared and Tom/Jaycee who are now headed home. Hope everyone had a great Christmas. YOu will notice the pics. get a little better come Christmas due to my BIG surprise from Rob !