Just What I Always Wanted

We had such a fun Christmas this year! Chad had a long break from work, Jane is now old enough to believe in Santa Claus, and Clark...well...this is Clark's first Christmas.

We kicked off the Holiday by heading to the tree farm early in December to cut our own Christmas tree. We then spent the rest of the month every-which-where enjoying the season.

We took several trips to Seattle to ride on the holiday carousel downtown. We spent countless evenings perusing the mall for Christmas gifts. And, we decorated more than our share of Christmas cookies.

We also had a really fun evening with Chad's family celebrating with all of the adult siblings and Chad's parents. We played Yankee Swap for our annual gift exchange, and I fought hard to take home the coveted Chop Wizard (for chopping up vegetables).

Jane went to a grandchildren's Christmas party with her cousins where no parents were allowed. She had a great time, but all those kids and no parents might have been a little hard on Grandma.

Christmas morning was so much fun! It was just our own little family. The four of us opened gifts from Santa and played with our new toys. Princess dresses were the coveted gift this year, and Santa delivered. As Chad's mom always says, "It's just what I always wanted."