Family Christmas

We broke up family Christmas into a couple different parts. We opened gifts from the kids and the kids gave their sibling gifts in the afternoon and then after church we had the kids open the gifts that we got them. The kids were all really sweet and got each other gifts this year. They also got us gifts which was a sweet surprise.

Bryce and Abby showing off their matching shoes. I didn't even realize that Bryce had the same shoes. That kid has a ton of shoes that never get worn because he might crease them.

Emmy got a Lego set, Airpod headphones, a wearable dog blanket, clothes and other little things.

Abby got another pair of shoes that can be worn for everyday. Although she later decided they were too white and she would ruin them. Abby also got lots of clothes that she has been wanting, perfume and a few other little things.

Emmy made me this pot holder. If you have ever made these you know how much work they are. She was so sweet to give it to me!

Emmy made Robb a book with pictures in it of all the fun things that they like to do together. It had pictures of him coaching her volleyball and basketball teams, boating and skiing. It was really cute.

Caleb is not a fan of the unknown, so Christmas gifts are always hard for him to handle. He has been agonizing over who's gift was who's all month. I never put names on them. Instead, they either have a riddle to solve or different paper for each kid or numbers. This year it was paper for each kid but I managed to throw him off early and it drove him crazy that he couldn't figure it out. Caleb got shoes to wear for his YMCA basketball games, a Husker hoodie, golf stuff, and a Roku stick for his TV. 

Bryce got a TV stand for his new TV, a nightstand, Nike hoodies and a Husker hoodie and his main gift was his Basketball shoes that he had gotten a couple weeks early so he had them for the basketball season. The fun thing that Robb did this year was to make a handmade gift for each kid. He made Bryce a stand for his gaming controler and headphones that fits on his TV cart.

He made Caleb a cornhole game. This one took by far the most time and was super cool. Caleb is all about having games to play when friends come over so this will be really fun come summer and they are outside a lot. Abby got a volleyball rebounder that she loves, and she asked him to make them for a couple of her friends as well. He made Emmy a peg climber for the basement wall. It is similar to pullups but so much harder, but that girl has had amazing core strength since she was little.

I bought Robb a new snowboarding coat. He had one that he loved years ago but the zipper broke on it and it has pained him every year when he thinks about replacing it to spend that much money on a coat. (It really isn't that much money, just normal coat price.) I ordered him one that was very similar to the one that he had years ago so I was pretty excited to give it to him. I wrapped it in a stitch fix box because that is what it fit in. As he was opening it, he was convinced that I had ordered him a stitch fix box because I have been trying to get him to try it. Needless to say, he was much more excited about his coat. I had mentioned more than once this year that I really wished that I had the bad guy "The Wolf" from the old show of Maple Town. Maple Town had all these little animal figurines that Steph and I used to collect and between the 2 of us we have a lot of them. The wolf was always sold out when my mom went to buy it, or she would gravitate towards one of the cuter families. Anyway, I had mentioned it to my Ebay shopping husband and boys that they should try to find one for me. And...they came through for me. I am the proud owner of Willey the Wolf. They don't understand and they all think I am weird but that's ok. 

We had a fun day spending it with the family!