Feliz Navidad

I know it is so late to post about Christmas but I could never find the time to do it.  I can't say that it was one of the best Christmas for us but I am going to say that I am glad we were not sick and we made it alive.  The kids were very happy and had 2 whole weeks off school to be crazy and go to bed late and do all kinds of fun stuff.  For Christmas my mom and I made some home made tamales which was a first for us dong them together.  They turned out delicious and traditions were passed down form the grandma to the grand daughter. The Christmas tree was filled with presents for the kids mostly and some for the big people.  The kids really enjoy buying presents for each other and wrapping them too, it is a lengthy process having 5 kids because you can't all go shopping at the same time so Dan and I split up and take the kids shopping by themselves.  We only did 4 presents this year for each one of the kids and I really liked that.  It has been my goal to downsize on the amount of presents they get because I notice how unappreciative they can be many times and they don't know the effort that goes into getting their presents.  It had become more about the quantity than anything else.  Since my mom was visiting we did things a little different this year so we could accommodate her and also deal with the short time we were going to have on Christmas day since church was so early for my mom. she had church at 9 am and Dan had choir after that.  I was planning on going to church but Aaron woke up sick and I had a terrible back ache.  I could not move from my bed and ended up all medicated and Aaron lying down next to me in my bed. The family had to go without me.  I am glad the girls got to wear their cute outfits to church the Sunday before because they looked so cute.
We actually oppened presents before we went over to Steven's house on the 24th, it felt weird and I don't think the kids liked it.  They still had to wait for Santa's presents to get here the next day.  We went over to Steven's house after we had our dinner, which were the delicious tamales.  We spent a couple of hours over there acting out the birth of Jesus, did some caroling and let the kids exchange presents.

 Kahlan opening her first present ever.

 Brotherly love, doesn't get any better than this.

 My sweet baby and her dad.  They are adorable.

One of the Christmas gifts that we have been enjoying a lot is a Roku, you ca watch Netflix, Huly and other streaming choices out there.  Now we don't need to use Dan's laptop to watch movies or our favorite shows upstairs.  We love it and recommend it to everyone.