Christmas!

I love that Christmas fell on a Sunday this year. Ryan and I had our gift exchange ourselves, and then went to church, where we had the opportunity to remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Here are a couple of pictures from our morning. Ryan received (from me) a Star Wars lunchbox, a giant Lego Anakin alarm clock, a Bazinga shirt, some Skull Candy headphones, his SDAT swim team deck coat, and an 11-in-one game table that he and Papa spent the next two days putting together.






After church, we went to Rara & Papa’s to exchange presents with the rest of the family. Marc & Frances gave me a set of cake pop pans, which I’m sure we’ll have fun using. The highlight was Claire and Alice getting princess jewelry sets (complete with crowns) and little stuffed dogs that walked. We joked that they looked like the stereotypical princesses with their jewelry and little dogs!




I love this picture of Rara reading with the girls.
Christmas evening, we went to our annual Jensen family party. We’ve reinstated the piñata tradition the past few years, now that the cousins all have kids who are old enough to enjoy it.



We always have to keep an eye on the kids. As soon as the first piece of candy falls, they fight their way to get it. The kid with the bat is usually the last one to realize, so they often keep swinging! Luckily there were no injuries this year.
After the traditional piñata breaking comes the traditional “burn the piñata remnants in the fireplace with Uncle Randy” tradition.
The girls (and Gage) decided that parts of the piñata looked like Princess crowns.