Last night we read our Christmas book, put cookies and milk out for Santa, then got all the kiddos in bed. I read to them a book by Max Lucado, called "The Crippled Lamb". It is a beautiful story about how God has a special place for all of us and ties in the birth of Jesus. It is great!
We were cooking, getting tables set for Christmas dinner, moving presents up to the living room, then BAM...all the lights went out. We thought we blew a breaker but no the entire neighborhood was out. So we dug around for some flashlights and candles and then lit both fireplaces. After about an hour we got a little bored and decided that all the adults should open presents while the kids were asleep so we can actually watch the kids in the morning. So we put all the candles in the living room and sorted stuff and got started.
This is a picture of the room, with no flash, so it is a little blurry!
Kayla and Kaci ready to open gifts.
Mom had to shine flashlights on the gifts so we could see what we were opening.
Ryan was trying to creep me out!
The lights finally came back on about 3 1/2 hours later. We had a great time just being with the adults and might make this a Christmas Eve tradition!
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