Christmas at the Porters

Chirstmas was wonderful! On Christmas Eve we went to David's parent's house and had a fabulous dinner. The kids acted out the nativity scene, Shira was Mary and Asher was Gabriel and a wise man. (Those pictures will come later from Grandpa's camera.) We went home late that evening and I told the kids that the first one to fall asleep would be the first one to open a gift in the morning. Shira was bummed because Asher is usually the first one to fall asleep, but they eventually went to bed and Shira fell asleep first! In the morning I was excited to tell her she was the first one to fall asleep and she could open the first gift. She came running up to me with a gift and handed it to me. She wanted me to be the first one to open the gift she got me!
Every once in a while my little stinkers do something kind and precious and remind me that they aren't just my children, but also children of our Heavenly Father.

Asher with his new car-nivores!

David and Asher with daddy's new push-up grips.
Asher trying out the push up grips after daddy took a turn.
Shira with her new puppet gloves.

After spending a few hours opening gifts, relaxing, and taking naps, we went back to Grandpa & Grandma Porters to open up even more gifts and eat more food. With all the food Angela put out on the table, you'd think the whole ward was coming over! But there were only 11 of us. Needless to say I felt sick that night....too much junk food! But it was great fun. We even had fresh snow on the ground for Christmas, something we were actually worried about!

Tomorrow the kids are going to David's parent's house for the week while I have to accompany David to Puerto Rico, who has to go for business. Poor us. I'll be sure to post some pictures of the beached whale laying in the sun while David works. I'm just over 31 weeks pregnant and I'm sure I'll be a sight to see.