Christmas 2010

So, coincidentally, not only was Kevin on duty on Thanksgiving, but he was on duty on Christmas as well.  So, we ended up having our Christmas Eve on the 23rd, and Santa brought the presents a day early so that we could celebrate Christmas on the 24th. 

Michelle was nice and did respite for Kevin and I so that Kevin could get his Christmas shopping for the kids done.  He had gone earlier and gotten me a great sweater and new jeans which, of course, I opened early cause I'm not very good at waiting.  We were glad to have Michelle there the rest of the evening to celebrate Christmas Eve with us.  We made a ham for our Christmas Eve dinner...which burned...dang it!  I never claimed to be a good cook.  Luckily I had a frozen cheesecake for dessert, so at least we didn't ruin that. I was too lazy to make the tater-tot casserole I had planned for our dinner, but that ended up making a great Christmas breakfast instead.  :) 

A Roach family tradition is to watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, so we watched that for our Christmas Eve tradition.  Then we all opened a pair of pajamas before bedtime.  :)  After the kids went to bed, Santa stopped by and left a bunch of presents.  Thanks Santa!

We had a great time on our Christmas morning (the 24th).  We loved watching the kids open their presents.  They were very excited about all of their gifts which made me happy because I never really know what to give Garrett and he liked everything he got, and I never know if my kids will even get what is going on.  I felt like they all understood that it was a fun holiday and that the presents were for them.

We had a nice visit from the new Military Relations missionaries.  They brought by cookies.  Yummy.  It was a little embarrassing because our house definitely looked like we had just opened tons of presents. 
That night we rented Salt with Angela Jolie and just had a chill evening.  I love my family and I'm grateful for all the wonderful gifts we were given and able to give.
Most importantly, of course, I'm grateful for the reason we even celebrate Christmas.  The gift of the Savior is a better gift than any other.  Merry Christmas everyone!