Christmas

 We had the best day as a family today. The kids weren’t up until after 8 and then we had our traditional cinnamon rolls and omelet breakfast. After breakfast we went downstairs to exchange gifts. They all seemed happy with what they got! Luke got two Lego sets and spent the rest of the day building them. He finished them both right before bed! I asked him if he had a good Christmas Day and he said, “Yep I had a good Lego day because that’s all I did today!” 

After gifts Brad had a scavenger hunt planned for the kids. It led to his truck where they found a 3D printer. The kids are excited to make things with it! And then he surprised even me when Tenley found a clue for a scavenger hunt for me in one of my presents. I usually enjoy sitting back while the kids run around but this time I had to join in and figure out each of the clues. One of the clues led me to a puzzle which took me 10 minutes to put together only to realize a piece was missing. Brad had the missing piece and on the back he had written, “Just kidding! Your next clue is actually in the mailbox…” Oh my word…But we did finally find out that he planned a family trip for us all to Kauai for next month! He booked an Airbnb and flights and everything! I don’t know how he kept it all a secret from me. We are so excited. I’ve been wanting to go and have dropped many hints to him. I guess he listened!

Brad and I went for a walk tonight and as we were leaving the house a family was there looking at our lights. They asked if the wind really knocked our tree over. I guess they thought the grinch was so funny on it that maybe we actually did that on purpose! It’s a sore topic for us. Hopefully next year is better.

It really was just a great day hanging out at home and enjoying having nothing to do!