And To All a Good Night!

This is officially the first year ever that we've had Christmas with just our little family. I was a little wary at first (I'm a big believer in BIG family Christmases) but I have to say that I truly enjoyed our relaxed holiday. We had all our favorite Christmas traditions: Chinese food (started by the Heninger clan and a hard one to let go of), the reading of the Christmas story, and (my personal favorite) Christmas PJ's! Here we are Christmas Eve modeling our newly acquired bedtime wear:

After the girls went to bed Ian and I spent a nice evening watching a movie and preparing for the next day! The girls slept really well the entire night and we didn't hear from them until 8am the next morning. (Yes, we know that we are blessed and don't necessarily expect it to continue.) Both girls were SO EXCITED to see what Santa had brought for them. There's nothing like having little ones in the house to make an adult remember the excitement of Christmas mornings. 

It was so much fun to see them enjoy this fun holiday. We are so blessed to have such sweet girls in our home. It was a joy to hear Lindy praying (each prayer) to have Heavenly Father bless us to be grateful and express her own gratitude that baby Jesus was born. It sure put things into perspective for Ian and I. So while I was nervous about having such a "small" family Christmas, we were certainly able to fill our home up with a lot of laughter, fun, and love. Merry Christmas to all...!