I can't help thinking that if my pregnancy would have stuck that I would probably have a new born baby now. I think that my due date was like December 28th or something. Mostly I am glad that I don't have a new baby with how busy Megan is, but a little part of me is sad. Heavenly Father gives us so much strength to get though hard times, so I know that we would have been just fine. It's just kind of funny how things work out. 
We have been enjoying lots of family parties this past week. It started on Saturday with the Big Steenblik Family Party. They decided we were getting too big to have it in someone's home so they reserved a church and we had a nice lunch there. There were a lot of people and plenty of food. It was nice to see Tony's extended family that we don't see very often and the kids had tons of fun running around the gym with their cousins.Then on Sunday we had the Clark Party. We had dinner at my parents where we also did a kids gift exchange and an adult gift exchange. It is always fun to play games where you get to steal presents from people. We had a good turn out. We had my whole family (minus Wendy and Teagan) plus some cousins with their families. I love my cousins and am always trying to get more of them to move to Utah.
The next party was last night, Christmas Eve. It was the annual Kresser Family Party. It was held at Tony's parents home and it was lots of fun. We had a good amount of people come and it was nice to see them. Since we haven't been going to the camp out the last couple years it seems like we only see some of Tony's extended family once a year, if we're lucky. We also did a gift exchange for the kids and the adults. A good time was had by all.
After the party Tony took the kids home to put them to bed and I went to my parents house to Skype with Teagan from Japan. Not sure why, but they arranged for her to talk to us Christmas Eve here which is Christmas there. The hour difference got miscalculated, so that is partly why we Skyped so late. It was really nice to see Teagan and to chat with her for a while. She seems to be in good spirits and is doing really good in Japan. They even have a baptism set for this Saturday, so that is really exciting. Julie and I were super silly talking with Teagan. It made her laugh. We sure do miss her, but she couldn't be doing anything better then she is doing right now.
Tony got everything all ready for Christmas morning so when I finally got home we were able to just go to bed.
Josh and Tyler came up at about 7:10 am saying, "Santa Came." It was pretty darn cute. They were so excited to open presents. We made them wait to open anything until Megan woke up. She woke at about 7:30 and the party quickly started. They were all so excited about getting presents passed out and then taking their turn to open their gift. At first Megan was a pretty slow unwrapper but she quickly figured out how to get to the gift quicker. She LOVED opening gifts...and not just hers...any gift she could fine. Adorable!
The kids all seemed to like their presents and started playing with many different ones. We let the kids play for a couple hours and then we got dressed to go to my parents. We ate breakfast there with my parents and Julie's family. After we were done eating it was present time. Grandma Kim and Papa G had a couple things to hand out. The kids all got a gift from Grandma and one from the cousin exchange. Then my dad had these huge blue bags that had fun "stocking" stuff in them. Some of the stuff was for Tony and I and some was for the kids, they loved it. My parents also gave me one of their old IPads. It was a totally surprised. It was very nice of them to give it to us since we are the only one of their kids without an IPad.
After we hung out there for a couple hours we decided to go to Tony's parents. There we ate some lunch and then the kids opened their presents from Grandma Margie and one from Aunt Suzanne. They loved their gifts and had a blast playing with their cousins. My kids are so lucky to have so many cousins who live close to play with. I didn't really have cousins who lived close, so I really understand how nice it is to be close and have those relationships.
After we were there for a couple hours we packed up our car and headed home. We unloaded the mess and the kids went right to playing with their new toys. Tony set up the new Wii and the got the new game going for the boys. We pretty much just played and played until bed time. We did a light dinner (since it felt like we had been eating all day) and watched a short holiday show before bed. Megan didn't even take a nap today. Too much fun to be had. We feel very blessed to have been able to have this time with our family to exchange gifts and spend time together, but most importantly to remember the birth of our Savior. I love Christmas!
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