Christmas Eve, Day and Night

On Christmas Eve, Tanner started our holiday events with the flu.  We had plans to go to our friends the Phillips for dinner, but with Tanner not feeling well, I stayed home with the babies and Nick went with the older boys for the fun.  They had a great time and came home excited already from the ton of gifts the Phillips got for them.  My evening was quiet and low key taking care of the sick baby.  Our tradition is to open new pjs every year.  The babies opened up their pjs and then went to bed.  Then when the older boys got home they opened their gifts, left out cookies for santa, and went to bed.  Surprisingly, they stayed in their room all night and came in right at 7:00 like we told them.  It was a great morning with excitement to open their presents and give to each other.  I love that they are just as excited to give to others as they are to open their own.  After the busy morning, we cleaned up and prepared for friends to come over.  Thank goodness Tanner was feeling better.  We had fun playing games, with the Cuadrados, the Dubons, Tim James, David Stubbs, (they are two guys that just got here on a deployment away from their families) and the missionaries from our church Elder Ferguson, and Elder Wells.  It was fun to have them here for the holidays.  We have one more Christmas in Spain!