Eilers 6: Christmas!

We had the BEST Christmas this year! Being that I am at home on "strict" bed rest and Brent was on 2nd call this weekend, we were able to stay home and enjoy Christmas with just the 4 of us! It was such a blessed time. Christmas Eve was spent putting out cookies, milk and a note for Santa. Ezra and Emersyn went to bed early, both were very tired, and ready to go to bed, eager to see what Santa had brought. Brent and I stayed up late filling the stockings, setting out Ezra's new bike and putting Emersyn's kitchen together. It was a lot of fun doing that together. We had a very simple Christmas. Ezra woke up very ready to see if Santa had come. We had to wake Emersyn up so that we could all be excited together. Brent did a great job getting it all on film! Ezra was SOO excited to see his red bike with his lighting McQueen helmet and bell. His stocking also had a "Mac" truck that can hold his Pixar Cars. Emersyn was excited to see her new kitchen with a phone that makes noise. After testing out the new toys, Brent made us breakfast. We had coffee with coffee cake! Yum-O! Then we opened some other gifts from Mom, Dad and Grammy. Santa even surprised me with a new 13 piece set of POTS AND PANS! Stainless steel. So nice. My brother was hilarious, he said I must have been on the naughty list to get a present like that. Ha! I loved it though. We have really been needing this. The rest of the day was spent playing babies, riding bikes and scooters and just loving on each other.

Yesterday, Brent's family came over so we could celebrate "Eilers Chritmas". At first, I was a little stressed out about this thought. We were hosting the event at our house, while I am on strict bed rest. There were 11 Adults, and 9 KIDS! Lots of fun!! All the kids had a blast playing outside or in the game room. They played so well together and did an awesome job cleaning up. I really had a GREAT time. Stress free, and just fun. I love his family! The kids dressed up as the Nativity scene and had a book exchange. The adults had a great time with our Chinese gift exchange.