The Stucki's

Christmas Eve/Christmas Morning
December 24-25, 2007

For Christmas Eve dinner we invited President Gosser, the Hungary, Budapest mission president, his wife, and their visiting son, daughter in-law, and granddaughter and three elders serving in our ward. Heather made our traditional Beef Wellington, cooked a turkey, and a lot of other food. After dinner we had a Birth of Jesus themed family home evening with our guests. It was nice to have visitors on Christmas Eve.

Before going to bed we let the girls open their one present on Christmas eve, which, surprise, was pajamas.This is our first Christmas where we are completely on our own without visiting family or having any family visiting.

This morning Katie woke us up not particularly early (~7:30) asking to go downstairs and see if Santa had shown up. We made our way down to the family room where, as usual, too many presents littered the floor under the Christmas tree. We spent the next little while opening presents. Katie and Ashley both got American Girl Dolls (Kit and Samantha). When we were in Chicago in October we took them to the American Girl Store and let them "tell Santa which ones they wanted". Fortunately for us they bought our deception that we were going to buy them and Santa would pick them up for Christmas delivery.

After opening presents we ate the traditional Eggs Benedict and Pecan Rolls. Last night, as the missionaries were leaving, there was a light snowfall happening, so this morning it was beautiful outside with the blanket of fresh snow. It's been a great year and we are tremendously blessed.

Quotes to Remember

We were in Munich and just checking into our Hotel and both the girls needed to go to the bathroom. We all ran upstairs to our rooms and they both bolted into the bathroom. They began to fight over which one was going to use the toilet first. They argue for a few seconds when Katie shouts, "Mom, which one of us do you want to pee their pants?!" (May, 2009)
We were driving home from church last week and I said something like, "We are going to buy a Toyota Sequoia". Suddenly from the back we hear our 4 year old, Ashley, pipe up ... "You killed my Father...Prepare to Die!"...somehow she confused "Toyota Sequoia" with "Inigo Montoya" from the Princess Bride! (May, 2009)
Ashley and I were playing a card game when she says to me, "pause the game, I have to go to the bathroom". This is when I realized the technology gap between my childhood and hers.
I asked Ashley what country she was born in (she was born in Canada). She told me that she couldn't remember, so I tried to give her a hint. I said, "you were born in Cannnn...". To which she immediately exclaimed in triumph..."CANDYLAND!!"
Katie woke us up this morning telling us we needed to get up. Heather told her that her head hurt and she wasn't going to get up yet. Katie responds, "But you don't WALK on your head, so get up!"

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