This break has been especially amazing because I've had Luke here with me to share it. There's nothing quite like a Falter family Christmas. On Christmas Eve, we have the Belnap Christmas, complete with the nativity scene and Christmas hymns till our throats are too sore. This is the night we remember why we are celebrating Christmas. We asked Emmalee: What is Christmas about? Emmalee: PRESENTS! Obviously she's been watching the Grinch too much, because last week she told us it was about Jesus, our Savior. She has to be the cutest, smartest five year old in the world. :) I am a tad biased though.
Then that night, we crunch into one room and wait patiently for Santa Clause. This year we went to bed a little later than usually because we went on a last minute shopping run for my dad. We felt bad for him because we thought my mom had more. Too bad he didn't appreciate any of it and now he's trying to take it all back. It's the thought that counts, right?
Well us three big girls were in the bed laughing and talking until Austin left to get sleep and Adam and Emma were in tears, scared that Santa wasn't going to come. And Luke was probably crying too...just quieter ;) No matter how old you are, Christmas Eve is definitely the hardest night in the world to sleep too, especially when your little sister kicks your face all night. You got to love the 6:30 AM wake up call from your little brothers and no matter how hard you try, you can't convince them to sleep any longer.
Then, we all line up on the stairs and listen to each child run down and find what Santa brought. That's the best part of Christmas morning. It's fun being the oldest cause you hear everyone else's happy screams while you wait. And this year, I wasn't the last one, so I didn't get lonely. Christmas morning was successful, we made my mom cry at least three times, my dad cry and I made Luke cry. That's the goal... get a gift that makes them cry. It's the best. Then we celebrate all together with a big Christmas breakfast and lay around watching movies the rest of the day.
On Sunday, our family was asked to sing in church. We were going to sing this amazing version of Silent Night, until the week before when the ward choir sang it... so we sang Angels We Have Heard On High because our family sings that amazingly together. Well, we sang the first two versus, messed up and laughed the entire third verse. It was a tad embarrassing and very awkward walking back to our seats. The entire congregation was laughing or trying really hard not too... but it was fun. I love my family, laughing and singing. Great combo :)
Christmas at the Falter's was great, as always. We had Luke's initiation...sitting with Uncle Eric. The Falter family is so funny!!! There is such a variety of personalities. All mixed together they are hilarious!
Grandma Falter: What's 90 feet long, green, bumpy and lives in the ocean?
(Punchline: Moby Pickle.)
Grandma Falter: (on accident) Pickle Dick.
It was a special treat having the Darin Belnap family with us this year. We had fun reminiscing on old times like throwing rocks at people's windows, sending old woman to the hospital, crashing into wood piles, learning new vocabulary (book), wearing face-paint to the reservation, backfired plans to scare our siblings and sleeping on our parents floor in a thunderstorm. We always have great times with DJ and Mckell. This year we watched a thousand and one movies, went bowling, had an "adventurous" night at Walmart, and made mud masks.
Kylee: *Saying Family Prayer*
Mom: *Whispers* Darin!
Kylee: Please bless Karen.
Mom: Darin!
Kylee: Please bless Garin....?
Mom: UNCLE DARIN!
Kylee: Please bless Uncle Darin!
Dad: MAREN!
This was definitely the best Christmas break I've ever had. Thank you to my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, best friend and fiance, for making it so amazing :)
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