Santa Came To Town.....

Christmas was great this year. It started off with all the business and craziness of getting ready for the holidays, then we had a great time on Christmas Eve, and Christmas day was a great in & of itself!!

Christmas Eve was great this year. There was lots of laughter, good food, a spiritual message, and lots of great memories. We started the day by doing lots of baking & goody making (that's one of the great things about the holidays, all the treats you get to eat along with the delicious food!! We made some brownies, congo bars, heavy duties, chocolate covered pretzels, and some rolo-nut pretzels my friend Ryan made for me once. After all day baking was done a few hours later, we all got cleaned up for the day to do the rest of our fun activities we had planned.

Kara, Jason, & their kids were spending Christmas eve with Jason's family at night, so while Jason was at work Kara & the kids came up to the house to play some fun games. Christmas Twister was first on the agenda, followed by playing songs on the bells, & lastly we played some Christmas bingo with some awesome prizes!!

When it was time for Kara & the kids to head out to Bischoff's, we got dinner ready. There were so many different types of good food that I had some of everything because there was simply no way to choose. This year just us as a family had an FHE after dinner. We shared Christmas stories and talked about the Savior, the real meaning of the season. Of course we had to have some music because Christmas music is the best. At the end of the night we opened up some pajamas & a bonus pair of slippers :) Of course we had to have a photo shoot. We have a bit of a rivalry in our house because each one us of likes different players & teams so we had a bit of debate about who was the best.

Christmas morning, we actually slept in until 8:45. Dani & Emi were talking all sorts of nonsense the night before about waking up at 6:00, I knew better that that would not be the case because they enjoy sleeping way too much! After opening presents, getting everything cleaned up & taken to our rooms, we started to make dinner. Kara & everyone were coming up to eat turkey dinner with us. We spent the rest of the night hanging out, being lazy, and enjoying the time together. We moved the party out to Kara's house so the kids could show us all their toys. We left their house between 8:00 & 9:00, and spent the rest of the night hanging out at home. It was a great end to such an amazing time of the year!