Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Christmas was amazing this year. The kids are getting bigger, but we still have plenty of Christmas magic here in the Ockey home.

We kicked off Christmas Eve by delivering treats to Randy's sisters since we didn't have the Ockey Family Christmas party this year. It was fun to see everyone even though we kept our distance and wore masks. We also made a stop at the South Jordan Candy windows. The windows were fun, but the boys didn't bring their coats, so we ran from window to window as quickly as we could.

We love checking these candy windows out every year.

After we returned home, we built gingerbread creations. I would say we made gingerbread houses, but Mom was the only one who actually built a house, so we will call them creations. Everyone made the most amazing things, though, and it was fun that the boys are finally able to do it almost entirely on their own.

All set for gingerbread houses.

Dad made an airport.

I love this selfie that Dax took.

Dax's Y was SO cool!

Mark built a temple complete with missionaries and a newly married couple.

Seth made Michael Jordan's house.

Mom made a more traditional gingerbread house.

We opened pajamas for Christmas Eve and sent the kids to bed at their normal time, which was different than the rest of the break where everyone had stayed up way too late.

Cutest brothers.

We are usingb Mom's new tripod to take more family photos.

We made the kids promise that they wouldn't wake us up until 7:00 am on Christmas Day. We heard them start moving about 6 AM, but they were good and didn't come in until the clock chimed 7! Then we headed down to see what Santa had brought. Seth got his Air Jordan shoes that he wanted, and a Jordan jersey. Mark also got his request: an electric guitar with amp. Dax got a music player and headphones and an electric blanket to snuggle. Everyone had a wonderful time opening gifts and giving each other gifts.

Lined up oldest to youngest to head downstairs.

Seth wears his jersey all the time!

Seth LOVES Michael Jordan.

Dax listens to his music almost every day.

Mark plays this electric guitar every day. 

It was a happy Christmas morning.

Dax made Mom and Dad special awards for one of his homemade Christmas gifts.

Seth named his new snow leopard, Arctic.

The big gift was an NBA Jam arcade game. Even Dad was pumped for this gift. The boys played most of the day and everyone had a great time!

Everyone can play NBA Jam together.

The boys had so much fun playing together.

The rest of our day was calm. Grandpa Ockey stopped by. We read books and played games. We did puzzles. Then we had a nice ham dinner for Christmas. Dad folded fancy napkins and everything. Mark bought everyone their favorite ice cream from Handel's as one of his gifts, and then we played a new game. Doodle Face had us laughing hysterically as we each drew different parts of each other's faces.

It was a wonderful Christmas.

Look at those fancy Christmas tree napkins!

Mark was laughing so hard that he was crying.

Dax tried to match his face.

Seth's looked the most like him.