Christmas Day with the Drapers 2011

We did a pretty good job of covering the tree!  With a little help.

I love having Christmas day on the Sabbath! Having Christmas on Sunday seems to make that day so much more spiritual. It was also very convenient because our church was at 11am so we had time to do gifts, breakfast, showers, and get dressed before church. And then we only held Sacrament meeting where we heard great Christmas music and hymns and were able to commune with Heavenly Father as we remember The Savior. The following pictures are of Christmas day in our home.

Kenya and Lois were the first ones up at around 6:30am.  They showered as everyone else slowly got up. It was about 7:00am when everyone started digging through their stockings and sorting presents to open.

 

These are new stockings we got this year.  We loved them!

We actually put the turkey in the oven the night before, before midnight.  This was Tom.  One of the turkeys my mom raised this summer.  It would not fit on our roaster and just barley fit in the oven. 

Wholey turkey!  This sucker was huge!!!

Here are the pictures of the 2-3 hour present process!

Sam sorting presents.

Cheri and AJ

This got her stocking as usual.  She had a treat and some mice in it.

This enjoying her treat while we opened presents.

My mom made quilts for gifts this year.  Cheri and her 2 girls got one and so did Jasmin and Kenya. I will have to take pictures of the quilts and post them a different time.  She did a great job on all of them!   

These next pictures are of a check that Amy sent and we wrapped in the biggest present under the tree. We filled the box with newspapers for weight.

Kenya got these scissors in her Dr kit and tried to use them to open her gifts.  So cute!

More from the Dr kit.

Thanks uncle James!  She loves the dress up stuff!

Jasmin joined us at about 9:00ish.  She had fun opening her gifts and playing with new toys!

Oh how she LOVES her backpack.  She was going to school. 

The aftermath. 

  Our girls after church.  Not the greatest pictures, but still so cute!

This video is of Kenya when she saw her awesome gift from Grandma Carla.  We waited until after church and her nap to give her this one.  There was no room to set it out before.  I guess we should have let her wake up a little more.  Kenya LOVES it and has had hours of playing with it since.  This video does not really show her excitement though. 

What a wonderful Christmas.  The rest of the day was filled with a yummy dinner and family time.  It was not all the gifts that made this year great it was the spirit of Christ that we felt in our home, the memories we made, and the time spent with family!  We hope that all of our Christmas' will be this rich in love and blessings!  We are still striving to keep the Spirit in our house.