Aunt Jen came for a visit from Alaska. She had to fly home on the 23rd, so we had a fun dinner on the 22nd. She brought king crab legs, halibut, salmon, & moose from Alaska. Yum (except the moose, it was a bit strong for my liking). She brought the kids fun snow globes from Alaska.Mason & Sarah slept over, so the next day we drove up to Bountiful again to pick them up. Then we went to Robintinos for dinner, Todd & I had not been there for years.
Emma & Sarah "painting" sugar cookies as Emma called it.
Christmas Eve morning opening new jammies. The day was going to be too busy to wait until later. Sarah & Mason also got new swimming goggles.
Swimming on Christmas Eve, a tradition my sisters started a few years ago. It's a great way to wear the kids out!
Mitchell slept during most of our swimming, good thing.
Mason did NOT want to get out & let the whole pool know it.
Emma headed back into the pool once she was dressed. Poor kid, she'd been freezing while in the pool, now she had to freeze the entire way home (the back of her sweats was completely wet).
Dinner & nativity program at Todd's parents on Christmas Eve. Mitchell was not too excited about his role.
Mitchell was worn out!
Mason making a rice krispie & graham cracker house.
Sarah's house that Melissa helped her with.
Emma & Sarah "painting" sugar cookies as Emma called it.
Christmas Eve morning opening new jammies. The day was going to be too busy to wait until later. Sarah & Mason also got new swimming goggles.
Swimming on Christmas Eve, a tradition my sisters started a few years ago. It's a great way to wear the kids out!
Mitchell slept during most of our swimming, good thing.
Mason did NOT want to get out & let the whole pool know it.
Emma headed back into the pool once she was dressed. Poor kid, she'd been freezing while in the pool, now she had to freeze the entire way home (the back of her sweats was completely wet).
Dinner & nativity program at Todd's parents on Christmas Eve. Mitchell was not too excited about his role.
Mitchell was worn out!
Mason making a rice krispie & graham cracker house.
Sarah's house that Melissa helped her with.We left Todd's parents' house around 9:00 & had a 40 minute drive home. Sarah was mad at us that we had left so late, afraid that Santa would try to come before we got home. When we got home she & Mason hurried to bed & did not want to even waste time putting cookies out for Santa. I think they were asleep within minutes.
Emma digging into her stocking on Christmas morning. The kids slept in until 7:40. I guess they were too worn out from the day before to get up any earlier.
Mason had been dying to open this present all week. It ended up being a pogo stick, something he's wanted for a while. Now learning to master it's going to be fun.
Sarah & Emma in some tutus I made.
Sarah piled all her gifts onto a new sled. I would not let her pull it across the nice wood floor though, much to her dismay.
Mitchell slept through the big kids' gift opening. They were happy to help him open his gifts. He was not sure what to make of it all.
Some silly string that was in the stockings (meant for New Years Eve). They thought it was great.
Afternoon at my mom & dad's house.
The grandsons love to play army guys anytime we get together. Grandpa & Grandma got them all some gear to really play now (they even got dog tags with their names on them). They ran around all evening shooting each other. We all felt very well protected.
We finished the evening at Todd's mom & dad's. It was a long, busy, fun day!
Emma digging into her stocking on Christmas morning. The kids slept in until 7:40. I guess they were too worn out from the day before to get up any earlier.
Mason had been dying to open this present all week. It ended up being a pogo stick, something he's wanted for a while. Now learning to master it's going to be fun.
Sarah & Emma in some tutus I made.
Sarah piled all her gifts onto a new sled. I would not let her pull it across the nice wood floor though, much to her dismay.
Mitchell slept through the big kids' gift opening. They were happy to help him open his gifts. He was not sure what to make of it all.
Some silly string that was in the stockings (meant for New Years Eve). They thought it was great.
Afternoon at my mom & dad's house.
The grandsons love to play army guys anytime we get together. Grandpa & Grandma got them all some gear to really play now (they even got dog tags with their names on them). They ran around all evening shooting each other. We all felt very well protected.
We finished the evening at Todd's mom & dad's. It was a long, busy, fun day!
4 comments:
That's such a good idea to go swimming to wear out the kids! I'll have to keep that in mind, maybe we should do that too. Charlie had trouble falling asleep on Christmas Eve.
Hope you had a fun Christmas!!!
Considering that the boys spent plenty of time shooting at us, I'm not sure how well-protected we really were.
Anyway, great Christmas pictures!
Cute pictures! I love your family photo! Looks like a busy and fun holiday for you all.
Love the picture of the 4 kids lined up in front of the tree. Yes, it was a busy day but great!
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