Christmas Day at Mima and Stipa's

After a very leisurly morning at home we headed all of 5 minutes over to Mima and Stipa's house for XMas dinner (But we all wore jammies!!). It was very relaxed and casual and such a nice way to spend the afternoon.

Julia got a new bike from Mima and Stipa (she was practically tripping over her old one, and it gets LOTS of use now). And Devin got this very cool interactive globe that we had a ball playing with. Did you know the leader of Vanuatu has a name that sounds like "Scaly Kelly". Makes us laugh every time.

Hands down though, best present of the day (besides the crazy hand sculpture I got as a goof for Heather) was a Shutterfly book that Mom, Dad and Heather (and the kids) had put together in secret.

We are not hugely religious, church-going people. To assist in the teaching of Bible stories to the kids my Mom wanted to do a "nativity Story" with the kids. Then it got really creative.

They put together a little set, got costumes and took pictures of the kids acting out the Nativity story. It was HYSTERICAL. The kids faces were priceless and it literally made us howl with laughter.

I still can't believe they kept the secret for as long as they did!! They also both personalized the books for us. It was a very heartfelt and special gift, and we LOVED it. Here is perhaps the worst picture of me EVER, but captures the howling moment. I think I was in pain with laughter!

It was a day of hand made gifts. Heather and Dana teamed up to hand carve two stamps for us for our Letterboxing team name. Can't wait to use them!! Think we can use them on our cruise???? What a creative family!!!!