Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas season this year and did many fun things. We went to a Christmas movie party with Mike's work and saw Santa. Grandma Kay and Grandpa Denny were visiting that weekend and so they came with us. We love it when they visit.



On Christmas Eve day we played in the snow in our front yard. We love having a white Christmas.





JJ got a kick out of throwing snowballs at Mike, he was laughing like crazy at Mike pretending to be hit.



That night we made cookies and toffee for Santa. We read stories and opened our jammies. It was nice low-key evening with just our little family. Eliza and Luke got to sleep together in Eliza's room that night. Eliza had such a hard time falling asleep because she was so excited. On Christmas morning JJ was the first awake at about 8:30. I love sleeping in, I am glad the excitement did not wake the kids up early. We had a great time opening presents. The kids got what they wanted from Santa and fun presents from grandparents. Eliza got a Baby-Allgone, an easy bake oven, and Webkinz.



Luke got boxing gloves, a remote control car, and a race track set.



JJ got a marble set and some toy cars.



Santa surprised our family with a Wii game system. The kids were very excited about that. The day was spent playing with toys and hanging out, we did not even get dressed. That night our friends the Johnsons came over for dinner. We had a fun evening with them. I love Christmas and the fun times we have together as a family. We were sad that we missed seeing our family in Utah so we made a trip to visit the week after Christmas for New Years. We hit some bad weather and snow on our drive and actually stopped in Ogden and spent the night in a hotel. We went to Fat Cats and played in the arcade and ate dinner. The kids loved staying in a hotel and then we safely continued our trip the next morning. We love coming to visit family in SLC and playing with cousins and grandparents.



We got to go sledding with the Raymonds and Nigburs. Thanks guys, it was fun. Eliza was a die hard. She and Hannah went down the hill dozens of times.





On New Years Eve we spent the night at the Bensons and played games until 2:00 am. Thanks for the fun games and laughs! Liza and Luke thought it was awesome to stay up until midnight with their cousins.



We also visited Great Grandma Ruth on our way out of town. She made us breakfast and the kids played with her Christmas village. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful family!