Happy Belated Christmas!!

Sorry for the delay in Christmas photos, we had a very busy December. After returning from South Africa we swung right into Christmas preperations. How can it be Christmas without baking Grandma Louise's famous Christmas cookies? I was so excited to find a cookie press here!! I could not find all the cute decorations for the cookies (no red hots or sprinkles that look like ball ornaments) but we found enough to suffice and made beautiful cookies!! Jake is quite the baker..it is very serious business for him!!

The final result...!! Jake marked who got what cookies...he put some in a container to save for Nana and Baba!!

On Christmas Eve we were invited to our friends, Nicole and Chase's house. I met Nicole (below in the green dress) at Jake's school, ACS. We instantly connected as we realized that Jill (my sister) and her brother both live in Tustin Ranch, CA..literally around the corner from each other. Nicole has two girls the same ages as Jake and Jett, they play really well together. She had three familes over for Christmas Eve dinner and had a special gift hunt set-up for the kids. They followed notes from Santa to get to their special gifts!!

Our traditional Oswald Family Christmas Eve photo in front of the tree on Christmas Eve (in Christmas PJ"S)...

Christmas Morning...I was thrilled to wake up to an Abu Dhabi white Christmas..a thick layer of fog!!

Before the gifts were tackled..

(after)

Santa brought a trampoline..luckily we had just the right space for it!!!

Pre-Christmas..Jett's Pre-School Winter Concert...

So handsome and ready to sing!!!

Man!!... singing can get really tiring...

I hope this works...if you can view it, it is Jett's Christmas morning dance...!!!!

Overall we had a great Christmas!