At our home.
I think the only person that had a hard time sleeping the night before Christmas was me. My mind would not shut off...Lyrics to Breath of Heaven kept floating around my head, along with the recipe for turkey marinade and the tracking number for Rus's missing package.
Jacob was the first one up at 6:51 am...What can I say, my kids are still amateurs. He helped us wake up Bekah and Beau.
Rus and I got a new camera from Santa. Yipee! I could just kiss that fat old man!
Bekah got the orange she wanted.
Jacob got a gun from his uncle Jacob. (They're buddies.)
Beau got chocolate. And more chocolate. And then bacon later for breakfast. And then he threw up. Yum.
I got a vessel handmade by my brother James. 
It is made out of walnut and it is completely and utterly stunning. I love feeling how smooth the wood is and smelling the finish on it. He turned all the wood himself, of course. This is the top/lid/whatever (I forgot the name of it)...I was holding it upside down in the previous picture. 
Mmm...James did such an amazing job! I will admit that I originally had no idea what it was. Now I do. It is a vessel, for decoration. It came in a kitchen scale box and I was originally pleased/disappointed just to get a scale. Then I opened the box and pulled this out and I was struck. It really is beautiful!I also received a beautiful, amazing scrapbook from my sister Amy documenting our St. George trip back in August. It was a gift of love, and I love it!
And then Santa gave me an armband for my ipod. The thing is, the stupid thing went black the night before and never came back on. So now I have an armband, but...
Here are Beau and Rus, already tuckered out from a morning of presents and chocolate.
And here are some of the gifts Rus and I were able to make and give. Rus spent at least twenty hours making this longboard for his sister, Emilee. I did the painting on the underside of peacock feathers, and I cut the grip tape to look like these flowers. We both thought it turned out great, and Emilee about died when she got it. She loved it. :)
We also framed this picture of Rus's dad on a bicycle when he was a kid, calling it "Roger Knievel".
Here is Rus's nephew Russel. See the resemblance? Well, actually, um, hopefully you can't...
Oh, here's a better shot of them...
And the girls painting their nails.
My favorite part of Christmas was going to the hospital Christmas eve to visit Rus's grandma. Grams was not able to get out in time for Christmas, so we took Christmas to her.All of the Roger/Louise Payne family came to the hospital, took over the grand piano, set up a live nativity scene, sang songs, drank hot chocolate and ate cookies. My awesome friend Sarah (from high school) volunteered last minute to play the piano for us and she did a wonderful job. **Side note: Sarah came down Christmas Eve to hang out and practice the songs and wound up driving Beau and I to the Quick Care. Beau stuck his finger in the rabbit hutch (our friend's rabbits, ours would never do this), and the rabbit thought it was a carrot and gnawed his middle finger to pieces. So, so so sad! He could have used stitches but in the case of animal bites they just glue the wound shut in case there's bacteria in the bite. Poor Beau. His finger should be okay, though. And whole. Phew. :)
I hope you all had a very merry Christmas, and I hope your new year is pleasant and relaxing!
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Ha ha, Our kids slept in on Christmas and we laid in bed awake waiting for them to wake up. Looks like a fun Christmas :)
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