Merry Christmas!

We all woke up around 7:00 this morning. We got dressed and had a yummy breakfast:  breakfast burritos and my Carmel bubble rolls. Yum!  Since all the children here were ours, it really didn't take very long to open presents.  (Good thing, too, as we had to leave at 10:30 for church.)  They all enjoyed their presents.  Tink got a camera for her gift of fun, the Hymns Made Easy for the gift of learning, and a warm animal print blanket for the gift of love.  Bucko asked for a globe for his gift of learning, and he got a spy remote control car complete with video and audio for his gift of fun, and binoculars for the gift of love.  Minnie got a play castle tent for the gift of fun, a princess art set for the gift of learning, and a huge ladybug pillow for the gift of love.  Goofy got Cars Trouble for the gift of learning, a lightsaber for the gift of love, and a remote control monster truck for the gift of fun.  The kids had exchanged names and bought each other a book. They were all great choices too, as they have all been read a lot.  PC and I did not buy each other presents because we had bought our new red couch and a new washer/dryer recently. We had promised not to buy any more presents and we stuck to it.

Church was really good. They had some beautiful music and the bishop shared a great message. He spoke about the gifts from the Wise Men to baby Jesus: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.  He talked about what these are and how we can give these gifts to Jesus Christ now by sharing the gospel and our testimonies (gold), reading the scriptures (particularly the Book of Mormon) every day (frankincense burns continuously so we must read every day), and paying tithes and offerings (myrrh is the anointing oil).  It was all very inspiring.