Christmas 2009 Recap!

Christmas with Brumage Family Saturday the 19th!
Fun & Chaos all rolled into one!


Christmas Tree Lane with Friends and Family!





Christmas Eve - Church (AWESOME), Beautiful Christmas Eve Dinner, PJ's, boys exchanging gifts to eachother; they loved their gifts from eachother and still play with those gifts more than any other:), Christmas Story read by Daddy, put the boys down, set up for the next morning!








Christmas Morning - Got out the video camera, put on the record player, woke up the boys and followed them down the hall! Played with their new Tonka Trucks, soccer ball, and mickey / mater, opened UP (watched that while we made Breakfast), Ate a yummy breakfast opened stockings and gifts, played with our gifts outside, GIANT family nap, Tamale dinner, games, wii, fun!
























(calling Grammy to wish them a Merry Christmas)


WE HAD A REALLY FUN AND SILLY CHRISTMAS AND WE HOPE YOURS WAS TOO!

Many "Firsts" !

1.Caleb was in his first Christmas performance this year!

(watch it all the way thru...it gets funny!

2.Mommy and Daddy had their first super fun night christmas shopping for the boys, and cannot wait for Christmas morning with them! Not that we didnt have fun the previous years but none like this! We love their ages right now and we love how excited they are:)

3.Caleb rode on the tire swing at the park last week and got so sick he threw up, thats a first and probably a last!

4.The boys and I went Christmas Caroling with our church for the first time and had a blast!




5.Caleb had his first sleepover last week and got up and then went to Disneyland the next morning with his best bud Micah! THAT IS A BIG FIRST FOR HIM AND MOMMA!






6.Because big brother was away for the night Jackson got to have his first sleepover with mommy and daddy...and took his first nap in his brothers bed:)

We are enjoying every first with these little guys and are looking forward to many more:)

Mommas Christmas List

This is the year that John and I have decided we need to begin creating traditions. Things we do as a family that will be remembered and hopefully carried on, things they will look foward to doing every year! We have really been working on trying to start some genuine, fun, and heartfelt traditions that dont have anything do with getting but more about giving. Understanding the real reason and understanding whats really going on in the rest of the world. Also ones that are just plain fun! Since this is kind of an online journal i thought it might be fun for the boys to look back and see when we started certain traditions!
Im sure many will change thru the years but here are a few we've decided to start...

1) Writing a christmas card everyday to a friend. (We have failed miserably on this one but we might do better next year)

2) They got to go to the mall and purchase a gift for their brother (under $10)...they are "supposed" to keep it a secret (so far so good) Then on Christmas Eve they get to open the gift from their brother! I am really looking forward to this one!

3) We also got to purchase a gift for a child at "The Giving Tree" at the mall...we are really trying to get them excited about the idea of GIVING rather than RECEIVING. Caleb was not a super big fan about buying a gift for his brother then for another kid and walking out with nothing! Its a process:)

4) We will be going with friends and family to see "Christmas Tree Lane" for the second year in a row! Always fun!

5) They worked on gifts for the friends and family and were able to pass them out which was really fun to work on!

6) For the past 3 years daddy sits down before bed Christmas eve and tells the story of Mary, Joseph, Jesus, the shepards, the wise men, the camels...its really sweet. I've recorded it every year and I am excited to see how the boys will respond this christmas.

7) Christmas Eve we are gonna try to watch the previous Christmas that we video taped. Its always fun to look back:)

8) Every year our plan is to purchase the boys one "big" gift and then we have been adding to their library by buying them each a book..mommy buys one for Jack and one for Caleb and daddy buys one for Jack and one for Caleb. That way they will have an awesome collection of quality books growing up! Plus we get to write a little note in them about the year and share how grateful we are for them!

9) This year we purchased a care package for a persecuted missionary family overseas but we have still yet to get it in the mail! so we'll see how that plays out. But it sounded like a super cool idea:)

10) Our hope is to go to the nursing home every Christmas, pass out Christmas cards and just spread some Jesus Cheer!

11) Make muddy buddies and popcorn balls

12) Watch our classic Christmas movie collection throughout the month!

13) picking a Christmas card that we received that month out of the basket at dinner and praying over that family!

MY LIST COULD GO ON! I LOVE TRADITIONS AND i LOVE MAKING MEMORIES! I HOPE MY BOYS WILL LOVE IT AS MUCH AS I DO CAUSE IF NOT...IM GONNA BE THAT REALLY OBNOXIOUS MOMMA IN HER APRON MAKIN FUDGE AND FORCING EVERYONE TO SIT DOWN AND BE JOLLY DARN IT!!

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas

My Gingerbread Men

Thanks Aunt Becky for making homemade gingerbread houses!! We enjoyed decorating last week:)

Thank you Jesus for answering even the smallest prayers:)

Monday night Jack woke up at 12:30am crying. He has actually been doing this several times this last week and unfortunately I have gone in everytime because we have had family here and I never wanted him to wake them up.

This cry was different and I could tell he didnt feel good. I picked him up to hold him and he did the whole "dry heave"! I said to myself..."OK here we go!" Assuming he caught the flu bug that is going around! I had John help me set up the living room with a blanket, pillows, towels, an empty trash can and a movie for us! I laid with him for about 4 hours while he moaned, rolled around, asked me to hold him, took his shirt off? (whats with that?) and cried. I kept checking his head and he was slowly getting warmer and warmer. It was then that I began to pray out loud. I asked our Father to calm his tummy, comfort him and release this sickness that seemed to be creeping up on him. I am always praying through stomach flu's I HATE THEM! We laid there and no joke at 4:30am he was up, smiling, talking about the movie we were watching, laughing and snuggling. I couldnt believe it! I was able to witness God answer a (I'll be it small) prayer. He never threw up, never got really hot, and all that seems to be left is a snotty nose.

Thank you God for answering my prayer, Thank you for listening to the momma's who just want their little ones to feel better, My prayer was so miner compared to so many little ones suffering with greater illnesses and parents who are daily on their knees for their children who are hurting...thank you for reminding me of how blessed I am and reminding me to also be on my knees for all the little children who are truly dealing with greater needs...because you listen, you care, you love them and you want to hear us pray! Praise You!
(here are some sweet pics our good friend Breezy took of our little man)

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