And finally, the last (I promise) installment of Christmas celebrating. (No need to read this if you've had enough. Documenting this purely for my own journaling purposes.) In the afternoon on Christmas we went to my Grandpa and Grandma Backman's house for dinner and presents. Everyone spreads all around the house to eat because it's such a big crowd. But it's fun to see some of my cousins and aunts and uncles that I don't see very often.
Before presents, the kids dress up to play parts in the nativity. Samantha was happy to finally get a chance to be Mary. (She's been wanting that part for years.) However, Baby Jesus proved to be a little uncooperative, and needed some comforting from his real mother, but she still played the part. Jonas was a wiseman and the little girls were angels. Peter wanted nothing to do with dressing up. (Unusual since he generally wants to do whatever the big kids are doing. But with all the kids it was probably a little overwhelming.)
A little more chaos and mayhem with the opening of presents. The kids always get books, which I drop off early for my grandparents to write a note to each child. It's fun to pull out the books and read the messages as time passes.
After all the celebrating was over, we headed home for baths and bedtime - since we have 9:00 church and Samantha was playing the harp in sacrament meeting. A long, but enjoyable Christmas day!
Before presents, the kids dress up to play parts in the nativity. Samantha was happy to finally get a chance to be Mary. (She's been wanting that part for years.) However, Baby Jesus proved to be a little uncooperative, and needed some comforting from his real mother, but she still played the part. Jonas was a wiseman and the little girls were angels. Peter wanted nothing to do with dressing up. (Unusual since he generally wants to do whatever the big kids are doing. But with all the kids it was probably a little overwhelming.)
A little more chaos and mayhem with the opening of presents. The kids always get books, which I drop off early for my grandparents to write a note to each child. It's fun to pull out the books and read the messages as time passes.
After all the celebrating was over, we headed home for baths and bedtime - since we have 9:00 church and Samantha was playing the harp in sacrament meeting. A long, but enjoyable Christmas day!
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