Happy Birthday Jesus

This year we decided to stay in Kazakhstan to celebrate Christmas. It was nice to be able to be in our own home, to sleep in our own bed, and for the boys to open up presents under our enormous tree. It is amazing how big presents look under a small tree.
We started out with a Christmas Eve Dinner with turkey and gravy, sweet potatoes, stuffing, corn casserole, and of course pecan pie. The food was good and it goes to show that even though the pecan pie did not look right, it still tasted good. After dinner the boys opened up one present each. Before the boys went to bed, they put oats in the front yard so Santa's reindeer would know where the house was and have something to eat while Santa stopped by.
It took Mason until almost midnight to fall asleep and we kept telling him that Santa would not come if he didn't go to sleep.
Santa did come and left the boys a stocking full of gifts. On Christmas morning we started opening up presents. In our house we have made it a tradition to open up one gift and play with it for a while. This allows enjoyment on the gift you just opened and spreads the gifts out all day. By late afternoon we were finally finished and with toys everywhere I know the boys were good this year.

Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday Jesus