Christmas Morning

This year we tried something new for Christmas. Dallan and I decided that in the tradition of the 3 wise men we would give 3 gifts to the boys and Santa would bring 1.  I loved this because it helped our boys to have reasonable expectations and it helped us carefully consider our purchases. Some of their gifts were bundled- for example one of Matthew's gifts was a music stand with a CD, and one of Mitchell's was a reading package with several books he'd been wishing for.  They were all delighted with their gifts, and our morning had a sweet feeling. 

We had a really mild December with very little snow. Our boys were praying their hearts out for a white Christmas.  On Christmas morning we opened our blinds to the most magical snowfall I have ever seen...and it snowed all day long!  I can just imagine Heavenly Father hearing the prayers of all of the sweet children in our area and not being able to resist sending a little bit of Christmas magic!