CHRISTMAS!!!

Another Christmas has come and gone.  It is incredible how the weeks of preparation are all over so quickly.  This year was a little different than others.  Due to COVID precautions there was no Cox Family Christmas this year, though we did get together for a little while on Christmas Day.  This is almost always our "kickoff" Christmas that gets everything started, so it was strange not having it.  We did almost all of our shopping online this year, and only ventured out a couple of times for last minute items.  Also, Christmas was on a Friday this year, so we got to spend a full week at home building up the excitement.  Finally it was here, and we had a great day!  We opened presents, cleaned up, had lunch, then Grandma and Grandpa Cox came over and we opened presents again.

This is how Elsie prepares for Christmas. She makes 'em and Owen eats 'em.

Let's get it started!

It seems like half our presents were Chiefs themed.  Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Millie gave one of the neatest gifts.  None of us knew she was an Astronaut!

One of Elsie's presents was a big, heavy box.  What could it have been?

A HUGE bean bag!

Guess who else likes bean bags?

Owen finished up the day using his new headset to play Fortnite with his buddies.

Grandma and Grandpa Cox came over after lunch and we hung out and opened gifts.  Sarah and I didn't get any pictures somehow, but I'm pretty sure that Grandma Cox did.  It was a nice afternoon.  On the morning of the 26th we loaded up and went to Boonville for the Casanova Family Christmas.

We always get lottery tickets in our stockings, but this year there was no winner. :(

Sarah made Grandma and Aunt Marilyn some very nice tea towels.

We snuck this "Pooping Pooches" calendar in with Grandma's gifts instead of our family calendar.  HAHA! 

Grandma got a picture of Astronaut Millie too.

After presents we played outside and went for a walk on the trail.  It was nice out.

Sunday morning we took the opportunity to celebrate Elsie's Birthday with Grandma while we were there.

This little pool table turned out to be pretty fun!

We watched the Chiefs game, and then Sarah took Millie back to KC.  The kids and I stayed another night and helped Grandma take down her tree and haul it out to the shed.  After the Chiefs game we went for another walk on the trail.  Owen took his new RC car.

Since we had a week off leading up to Christmas, we did some fun things...like cleaning up Owen's room and updating his shelves.  He did most of it himself and was especially proud of how nice his desk looked (it was a mess before).

Last Monday, Sarah was working so the kids and I took Millie for a long hike at Big Bull Creek.  It was great!

On Tuesday, Sarah was also working, so Owen and I went mountain biking, also at Bib Bull Creek.  We messed around and had a really nice time.  It was the last nice day of weather before it got cold.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!