Christmas-Jones Family

On Christmas Eve we went to our church for a wonderful Christmas service. It was so nice because we sang carols and everyone lit a candle at the end while singing "Silent Night." It was just what we needed. After church, we got home and started cooking. We had my parents and brother over for dinner and presents.

We even got to see the Doughty family. They stopped by and gave Bennett a sweet birthday gift. Isn't Garrett the cutest little thing?

Bennett was so intrigued by all of the gifts. His favorite part was playing in the tissue paper.

Here is my attempt at a family photo. We used the self timer and put the camera on the coffee table. Maybe we will do better with this next year!

After dinner, we started opening gifts. Bennett got the first one!

Look what Neil got! A leather overnight bag with initials on it!

This picture is hideous but funny. I always call my dad to ask him how to spell words so he gave me this "Spell Check" book. He is hilarious.

My dad also gave me this really awesome gift. He gave me his dad's bronze star from WW2 on a chain. He had it made in gold for my grandmother and my dad gave it to me! I was so excited. I love family heirlooms.

My brother, Michael received some lottery tickets from Bennett. My brother LOVES scratch off lottery tickets. He even won $4!

Mom received Shalimar perfume. She loves it and so do we. Anytime I smell it, it makes me think of my grandmother and my mom!

We bought my dad 2 sweaters. We thought they were sweaters and we thought we wrapped sweaters but they turned out to be sweater vests. He is not a fan of the sweater vest but he tried on anyway.

In the midst of all the chaos, I broke Santa's cookie plate. I glued it back together so that Santa would have something nice to eat off of.

Here is Bennett in his Christmas pj's getting the cookies all ready for Santa. He liked sticking his fingers in the cookies too.


Christmas Morning!!!!! My parents and brother came over for a small breakfast and to watch Bennett get his Santa gift.

What did Santa bring? A Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 4-wheeler!

This is fun!

He was so excited! He would get really happy when he would push the "gas" button and it would go.

What did you get in your stocking? An Elmo shapes and colors DVD and some mittens and hat.

We had a wonderful Christmas. We are a blessed family. We know how blessed we are because of the miracle of our Savior's birth. Happy Birthday Jesus.