Zeke and Porter were so kind as to sleep in till 8am. We got them some breakfast and all ready for church and then waited for all the cousins to come over so they could open their stockings. They were so excited, they kept running back and forth from the tree to the stockings.
It would not be Christmas at the Lander house without some fancy wrap jobs. Toby and I did the penguin this year and Tyson went all out with the rest.
Finally the cousins all showed up and we got to open stockings.
Unfortunately, after church when we met back together to do Christmas, the Grinch showed up as well.
For some reason, Porter was terrified of the Grinch and would not come out from under his blanket whenever the Grinch was near. They eventually washed the paint off so that we wouldn't have a miserable boy for all of Christmas. It was so silly.
Porter was so excited to get a sticker book. That kid LOVES stickers.
Zeke went to the store with us to pick out a present for Porter. We showed him all kinds of fun toys, but he picked out a slinky and would not budge. He was so excited to give it to him.
We made sure everyone knew that we needed to be able to pack everything home again in our suitcases so to do small presents. So naturally they gave us the biggest Nerf guns that you can buy. 3 sets! With the help of Tyson we were able to get everything home again. Watch out everyone, we are going to have a major Nerf night sometime.
Daniel and Tyson made us these awesome croquet mallets. Good mallets are hard to come by, so they cut, poured lead, and sewed leather to make us some custom made ones.
Toby and I worked more hours than we can count on compiling an account of our Mali trip. We made a 358 page photo book with notes from my journal, Toby's journal, and all 30 pages of Dad's notes. It was a major accomplishment and we were really proud of getting it done. I hope they enjoy it.
Zeke got sent on a scavenger hunt by Santa for his present.
He loved it and was excited to find a RC Car at the end.
We finally finished unwrapping presents at 7pm and rushed over the Grammy's house for more Christmas.
Some of the adults kept the kids entertained while we finished dinner and while Grammy and Cindy finished getting all the stockings filled. We finally wrapped up Christmas at 11pm and put a couple very tired boys to bed.
It would not be Christmas at the Lander house without some fancy wrap jobs. Toby and I did the penguin this year and Tyson went all out with the rest.
Finally the cousins all showed up and we got to open stockings.
Unfortunately, after church when we met back together to do Christmas, the Grinch showed up as well.
For some reason, Porter was terrified of the Grinch and would not come out from under his blanket whenever the Grinch was near. They eventually washed the paint off so that we wouldn't have a miserable boy for all of Christmas. It was so silly.
Porter was so excited to get a sticker book. That kid LOVES stickers.
Zeke went to the store with us to pick out a present for Porter. We showed him all kinds of fun toys, but he picked out a slinky and would not budge. He was so excited to give it to him.
We made sure everyone knew that we needed to be able to pack everything home again in our suitcases so to do small presents. So naturally they gave us the biggest Nerf guns that you can buy. 3 sets! With the help of Tyson we were able to get everything home again. Watch out everyone, we are going to have a major Nerf night sometime.
Daniel and Tyson made us these awesome croquet mallets. Good mallets are hard to come by, so they cut, poured lead, and sewed leather to make us some custom made ones.
Toby and I worked more hours than we can count on compiling an account of our Mali trip. We made a 358 page photo book with notes from my journal, Toby's journal, and all 30 pages of Dad's notes. It was a major accomplishment and we were really proud of getting it done. I hope they enjoy it.
Zeke got sent on a scavenger hunt by Santa for his present.
He loved it and was excited to find a RC Car at the end.
We finally finished unwrapping presents at 7pm and rushed over the Grammy's house for more Christmas.
Some of the adults kept the kids entertained while we finished dinner and while Grammy and Cindy finished getting all the stockings filled. We finally wrapped up Christmas at 11pm and put a couple very tired boys to bed.
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