With this being our first year traveling for Christmas we decided to start a new family tradition. Tonight we all put on our PJ's, ate Christmas breakfast for dinner, and had a little Christmas celebration with just our little family. We knew Christmas this year is going to be extra hectic trying to visit all of our family in such a short period of time, so spending this night together, with just us, was perfect.
We opened gifts that we had picked out for each other. Abbie, Avery,and Aliza were able to take a trip to the store with mom or dad to pick out the "perfect" gifts. It turned out to be a great opportunity to learn how to budget their money and think of what someone else would want other than just what they wanted for Christmas.
Dad was surprised with this great #1 Dad mug that Abbie had picked out for him over a month ago. As he opened it she said "it has a special message Dad." She was so ecstatic to hand out each of her gifts. Abbie really had put a lot of thought into each gift this year.
This is Aliza showing off her new dress up shoes. I have loved watching her the last few weeks really get into "dress up." She really thinks she is a Princess.
Can you just see the excitement on Avery's face? Although we opened these gifts a few days early we figure they will have something new to enjoy for a few days. Plus, we don't have to carry these gifts home with us (we are really worried about getting everything home after Christmas.) Having Christmas away from home this year is going to be a very new experience for us. We're very excited and can't wait to spend time with our family!
We opened gifts that we had picked out for each other. Abbie, Avery,and Aliza were able to take a trip to the store with mom or dad to pick out the "perfect" gifts. It turned out to be a great opportunity to learn how to budget their money and think of what someone else would want other than just what they wanted for Christmas.
Dad was surprised with this great #1 Dad mug that Abbie had picked out for him over a month ago. As he opened it she said "it has a special message Dad." She was so ecstatic to hand out each of her gifts. Abbie really had put a lot of thought into each gift this year. 
This is Aliza showing off her new dress up shoes. I have loved watching her the last few weeks really get into "dress up." She really thinks she is a Princess. 
Can you just see the excitement on Avery's face? Although we opened these gifts a few days early we figure they will have something new to enjoy for a few days. Plus, we don't have to carry these gifts home with us (we are really worried about getting everything home after Christmas.) Having Christmas away from home this year is going to be a very new experience for us. We're very excited and can't wait to spend time with our family! 
8 comments:
What a great tradition! You guys are smart to incorporate something that is special to just your little family during the Christmas hub-bub. We may have to follow suit as we have more kids :) We're excited to see you soon!
What a great idea!! It looks like from their faces that the girls thought it was the best idea ever. They are so cute!!
your girls are so smiley- i love it!
How fun that you got to still have Christmas at your own house before going back to Utah! And I love the idea of having your girls pick out gifts & giving them out!!
Hi Phillips Clan (Micah and Kenzy)
Cute pictures. What fun!! We have some empathy for you, as for many years we would drive home for Christmas in California (Southern). We would load up as much as we could and head out for Utah, not only would we have our cloths,etc, but we also had all of the Christmas presents. It was exciting and as soon as we hit the Point of the Mountain, we would begin to argue over who's house we would go to first....You'll survive and it won't be for lack of surprises... Have a Merry, Merry Christmas!!! Love to the Holiday Travelers!!!!!
In my last comment, I meant that we would leave Southern Cal, and get to Utah later..My brain goes faster that my hands
the girls are adorable!!
What a great idea! I hope you had a good time back in Utah.
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