Christmas Eve and Christmas!

I really wanted to get matching pajamas for the kids this year and luckily I found some.  I had to alter some women's pants for Andy because they were out of his size 😂, but it turned out.  

It is hard work to get a good picture with all the kids, but they are super cute and getting so big!

Christmas Morning!  Ready for presents!

Andy got lots of Legos this year

BethAnne got a 3D printer and she was so excited.  We ended up having to send that one back, but we got another, better one and she has been making some awesome things.  

Grace's friend, Lexi (our next door neighbor), dropped off a present on Christmas and Grace was so touched.  She has really missed social activities this year, so this meant a lot to her.

Daniel and Joy got lots of fun presents too!

The boys and the family got lots of Lego presents for Christmas which meant that Mark and I spent a lot of time on Christmas (and the following days) doing Legos!  I made the castle below over a couple days and Mark made the Quidditch set.  I wish we had saved these sets for when we didn't have a 3-year-old 😆(they only lasted intact for a few days), but now the kids have so many Legos to play with every day and they often play with their Lego table for hours every day.

So, Christmas was a success!  My favorite Christmas moment this year was on Christmas Eve.  We celebrated with just our family and it was fun, but kind of quiet (and a little lonely).  As we were watching Home Alone, the door rang and standing in front of our house (socially distanced) were my parents and my siblings (Chrissy, Rick and Carl) and their families.  They came to carol for us and I was so touched.  I didn't realize how much I would miss our big Christmas Eve party, until the day came.  But they brought some of the party to us and I'm so grateful.  We are hoping that in a few months life will get back to normal and we'll never take big gatherings for granted again.