On Christmas morning we woke to the "chirping" of a smoke alarm low on battery. It was thankfully after 6:30am and not in the middle of the night. When I went to investigate, I could hear the children whispering downstairs. They had moved the bunk bed mattresses into the playroom and had a giant sleepover on Christmas eve (the chorus of snoring when I went to check on them will never be forgotten). Turns out the smoke alarm that needed it's batteries changed was literally the only one in the entire house high enough to need a ladder. So we listened to it go off every five minutes until we had finished gifts and breakfast. I'm sure when we watch the videos of Christmas morning in the future the sound of the smoke detector and the computerized woman's voice saying "low battery" will make us laugh. All in all, it was a pretty chill morning, and everyone had a great Christmas!
In the afternoon, I donned my apron to finish cooking Christmas dinner as I didn't want my new sweater to get stained. Lily saw me, scrunched her nose and said, "Mom, you look like a kitchen cleaner".
We hosted my Uncle and the Sister Missionaries for Christmas dinner, and spent the rest of the evening relaxing, and listening to the children scream and giggle together over their new video game. It was nice to hear everyone getting along so well.
Here are some snippets from the morning...
Camilla and Hyrum both used their own money to buy each of their siblings a small gift. Lily was very grateful!
Camilla MADE me this beautiful cutting board with her own two hands and excitedly wrapped it and put it under the tree for me. She couldn't wait for me to open it. She did such a wonderful job. She burned the word "Homemade" in it because she and I always listen to that song by Jake Owen. It's so nice that I will likely never cut a thing on it, but it will make a great cheese and cracker board!
And that's a wrap!
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