Christmas: Ellis Style

This year we stayed home for Christmas.

We were so excited to just concentrate on Scott.

Life will soon be very different for this boy and we wanted this day to be very special for him.

He fell asleep in our room that night.

I get so excited Christmas morning, I always have.

Waiting is one of the greatest tortures in life.

Scott is his fathers son and wanted to get enough sleep before starting the big day.

But when he finally awoke he was very excited.

We went out and checked the cookies and carrots.

It turns out that Santa had come and eaten some of his cookies and the reindeer had even eaten the carrots. 

Then we once again went over the true meaning of Christmas.

He was able to tell us the whole story almost.

Then it was time to open gifts.

We were pretty excited for Scott to see all that Santa had brought.

He was greeted by a big huge shark.

Then he saw his dino slippers, Santa had pulled through with one request.

Then he opened up his stocking and found the hermit crab he wanted.

This boy was happy to say the least.

As for Mark and I, we decided to give him a bunch of sports things.

He enjoys throwing a ball around and kicking balls but he doesn't really know the rules to any games.

I decided it was time to learn.

So he got an adjustable basket ball hoop for his door, and a real soccer ball since we hope to sign him up for a city soccer team this summer.

He even got a t ball set from his friends Jaeley and Brayden.

He and Mark got matching USU baseball hats in hopes of going to some kinda game this year.

And of course he got a whole lot of candy.

This kid is spoiled.

Later on that day we had Mark's parents and two brothers over for Christmas dinner.

I got to make my first traditional Christmas meal.

I had so much fun planning and preparing the meal.

I was rather pleased at myself for having it all ready at the right time.

And I think it all tasted so very good too.

It was a wonderful day!