Christmas

Christmas was pretty busy this year! We spent Christmas in Spokane with Mitchell's family. We went the Wednesday before to Spokane and stayed with Mitchell's sister and her family until Christmas. It's tradition in Mitchell's family to open their Christmas presents on Christmas Eve. Mitchell is the youngest of ten. So when they were kids, thei parents would take the kids to their cousins on Christmas eve, where they would play and hang out for a few hours and then when they came home their presents would all be out and ready to be opened. And then after they opened, the kids were allowed to stay up as late as they wanted (Mitchell recalls being up until 3 a.m. and some years) while their parents would just go to bed early. So following that tradition, we all went to Mitchell's parent's home on Christmas Eve where we opened up our presents. I got some jewelry, a winter jacket, and a book. Mitchell got a Toshiba Thrive. Eventide and Memory got a butt load of toys from us, from her Nana & Papa, and from Mitchell's family. Eventide's favorite thing was a train table with trains and tracks which she still plays with for several hours every day! On Christmas day, we had a big Christmas Lunch/Dinner and spent the day playing and enjoying each other company.