I love this cousin picture except the red eye, which for some reason I could not edit out. At least the red eyes match the PJs.Christmas this year was WONDERFUL. It had been 4 years since my family was all together for Christmas . . . way too long when you have so much fun together. There was potential for utter chaos with 9 adults, 6 children, and 4 dogs under one roof, but everything went great. A few highlights of the holiday season I don't want to forget.
- Celebration of the Nativities at our Stake Center. It was so incredible we went multiple times.
- Before heading out of town, Matt, the kids, & I headed to the zoo to visit Santa's Reindeer. Though they were too nervous to get a picture with Santa, they did have fun with all the other animals (and statues of animals). We even got to ride in Santa's sleigh. Cool.
- Car ride with Chris & Stacey - delicious bagels with lox cream cheese.
- Decorating TONS of cookies.
- Late night jigsaw puzzles.
- Treasure hunts and snype hunts.
- Cherokee the horse dancing as the Sugar Plum Fairy
- Beagle escapes (thanks for fixin' the fence . . . twice . . . Matt & Dad)
- Many delicious meals.
- Polar Express Pajama Party. Only 2 hot chocolate on the carpet mishaps.
- Free garage sale (aka. I'm not ready to give this stuff to charity, or put it in the trash, but I don't want it. Take it to your house please. I came away with some beautiful pewter candle holders & Danny snagged some decorative Japanese arrows. Just what we needed.)
- Bell choir on Christmas Eve
- Jingle Bell Disco Dance with my big brother.
- Uncle Chris doing Christmas Eve crafts with the nieces & nephews.
- Men's campout chorus at the Christmas Eve Program.
- Uncle Aaron's poprock candy surprise.
- Christmas Day Canasta tournament. The Hongs won . . . no . . . the Hongs dominated.
- Early morning stockings on Grandma & Grandpa's bed. We're too big to fit on their bed now, but it's always fun to try.
- Adult only lunch out on Christmas Eve. Nothing says Merry Christmas like a good helping of sushi.
- Christmas morning excitement. After failing last year, Santa got it right this year. Star Wars Legos for Danny and a doll stroller for Kaylee. "This is the best Christmas ever" was heard more than once.
- Lazy Christmas day opening presents & playing.
- Dad's playing with children's toys while children are nowhere in sight.
- Amazing sibling teamwork to pull off a 60th birthday lunch for my mom and a Retirement/Birthday party later that evening for both parents. All this the day after Christmas.
2 comments:
I love those cute pajamas! Looks like you guys had a great Christmas.
I look forward to catching up with you soon!
P.S. It didn't even occur to me that the zoo (in Issaquah) would have some type of reindeer event for Christmas. I bet that was fun. We'll have to go with you guys next year.
Looks like you had a fun Christmas! Does your zoo have those wax animals? I used to get them when I was a kid, but Hogle zoo doesn't do them anymore for some reason. We are excited to see Matt in a couple weeks!
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