This year we celebrated our fifth and final Christmas in Jordan. This is the longest we have lived anywhere since we have been married, and it will be a bittersweet departure in a few months. This year, I had to travel back to the US for most of the month of December, and returned only 2 days before Christmas. I love spending the Christmas season with our family, so it was hard to be away during this time of year, but Nathan did a great job carrying on our family traditions while I was away. This year we put the Christmas tree up a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving so I could enjoy it with the family before leaving, and we planned ahead and did most of our Christmas shopping and wrapping before I left, which made the two jet-lagged days before Christmas easier for me. On Christmas Eve, our tradition is to bake cookies during the day.
On Christmas morning, our tradition is we have cinnamon rolls and bacon for breakfast, read the rest of the Christmas story, sing Happy Birthday to Jesus, and then open the gifts.
Christmas is so much fun with the kids. We are thankful that they understand the meaning of Christmas, and love seeing how they grow each year in their understanding.
The boys are great big brothers and love their little sister.
Merry Christmas!
And in the evening, the kids receive a new pair of Christmas pajamas.
The boys are excited on Christmas Eve night, what kid isn't?! But thankfully they go to bed easily despite the excitement. This year, I heard their door open around 2 am, and found Caleb in the living room staring at the tree, then he went back to bed.
We didn't get a nice family picture this year, but we got a selfie :).
The kids were thankful to have received very nice gifts - thank you so much everyone!
Pokemon was the theme of this year from us. The boys are really into Pokemon this year, so they got some Pokemon cards, books, stuffed animals, and a shirt.
We open the stockings last, and the boys enjoy getting new toothbrushes, flashlights, chap stick, and other little stocking stuffers.
New hat and new shoes...this girl LOVES shoes!
Eliza didn't understand opening gifts this year, but once it was open she was happy to play with what was inside :). Just a girl and her musical puppy dog.
Eliza is a nice helper and she is good at cleaning up her toys and messes. So now she has her own cleaning set and she loves it!
After her nap, we attempted to get some nicer pictures of the kids inside because it was raining all day. She wasn't a big fan of taking pictures, but she sure looked cute in her dress.
I will leave you with pictures from all of our Christmas's in Jordan. My how these kids have grown!
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2 comments:
Merry Christmas! Celebrated and remembered in a great way.
Love you all, Dad and Mom P.
Merry Christmas 2019 - beautiful pictures of wonderful memories. So happy you were home in time and Nathan was awesome (as usual). Love the Jordanian Christmas pics of our boys and girl over the years Our 3-loves are growing up. Love you and miss you all 5 :):):):):)
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