Christmas

 Watching over his flock.

 before kids

 After kids

We had a great Christmas break.  The first week we did lots of baking and kids had friends over and we slept under the tree and went to see the cactus garden. 

Bob has a few friends who have a tradition of having Chinese food on Christmas eve.  So we tried it.  We got Panda express because all the kids love it.  Then we did the navity and opened sibling presents. Christmas morning we got up at 7:00.  Danny got shoes and socks, a speaker and a charger and a sweatshirt and lights for his bikes. Rachel got a new bike (it was so cute! It's a cruiser that has gears, it's pink and it has a cup holder-that's her favorite part), bean bag chair, pajamas, a brush and a beanie hat. Aaron got a new mountain bike, a couple remote control helicopters, some fun encyclopedia books, a sweatshirt (all the boys got matching ones). Seth got a batman imaginext toy that he and Ruby were wanting.  They play great with all their imaginext guys and setups. He also got some legos, hi ho cherrio, Ruby and Seth got a lego subscription that is kind of like netflix for lego sets.  Ruby got magformers, spirograph, a batman ship, playdoh set, clothes.  The kids all got a ping pong table.  The sad part was that I forgot I needed to buy the paddles and every store is closed on Christmas so they couldn't play it!  Bob got a new computer, an egg sandwich maker, a sweatshirt and a selfie stick.  I got a new camera lens that will be good for family pictures. And Bob got me a robot vacuum and a robot floor mop.  I love them, especially the mop. It cleans so well.  The vacuum is a little slow and random.  We named the vacuum Zoram and the mop Zonda.   We also decided to start a new tradition on Christmas Day to have a family testimony meeting.  Christmas eve is more about the Savior, but on Christmas day we just eat and play, so we thought we'd add some religion to that day too.