Until 3:24 a.m. when the boys woke up, tiptoed downstairs, and decided it was time to start opening presents!! Jami heard a little ruckus and found the two brothers rummaging through their stockings! And so began the morning of Christmas 2010. The boys were brimming with excitement for Christmas this year. Luckily, Mama was able to get them to fall back asleep for a few more hours until a more reasonable time (6 a.m. is MUCH better than 3:30!) Following are a few photos from our Christmas festivities (both the eve & morning). Sending much love to all this Christmas!
All dressed up for Christmas Eve Mass.
Yes, we are minus one family member
in this photo because...
This little one fell asleep in the middle of Mass.
Such a peaceful sleeper.
Pretty packages beneath the tree.
Our Christmas tree features this great collection
of ornaments. Some date back to Scott & Jami's
childhood days; others are new each year for the boys.
We love the story behind each one!
"Look! Santa brought a new video game!"
"What do you mean I have to wait to take
this out of the box until we're all done
opening gifts?! I've only been talking
about wanting a Spiderman
WebBlaster for 2 months!! It's so cool!"
One treasured family tradition is making a Swedish meal.
The meal has morphed into more of a Scandinavian meal
with some Norwegian additions to honor Scott's heritage,
too. This year we decided to cook a special breakfast
complete with this menu: Swedish pancakes topped
with lingonberries, potatis korv (potato sausage),
lefse, almond pastry, and sandbakkelse.
Papa even said a special Swedish prayer!
Silly Luke with his drinking straw glasses!
Papa brought over this bag of Christmas hats.
We couldn't pass up the chance to take
a funny family photo!
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