We had such a wonderful Christmas this year. It was so much fun with Kaitlyn because she is now old enough to understand Santa and different things about Christmas. It was fun to watch her excitement!
Christmas Eve:
Saturday night we had a family party at my parents house. We had a yummy ham and turkey dinner and then my parents gave us a little lesson. After the lesson my sister put together a scavenger hunt for us. It was so much fun!!! We drove all over Sandy/Draper area looking for clues. My oldest sister and brother in law were on our team. It was so fun to get out with everyone! We came in 3rd place, but later found out that it was really 2nd because my sister and her family didn't go to one of the stops. When we got back the kids did a gift exchange and we had dessert. My parents gave everyone a game and treats so we can have a family game night with our own families!
Then we went upstairs and had the kids open there Christmas eve present, which was pajamas..tradition every year!
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| Logan was not sure what to do! |
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| All of us in our new jammies!! |
After we got Logan to bed we let Kaitlyn help put out a plate of cookies and milk for Santa. Oh and carrots for the reindeer!!
Then we got her to bed and got everything ready for Christmas!
Christmas Day:
The kids woke up about 7:30. We all came into our room and read from Luke 2, which is a tradition to start out Christmas Day.
When we got done, we all went into the front room to see if Santa came. He sure did!!!
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| Logan's things from Santa |
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| Kaitlyn's stuff from Santa |
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| Mine and Dave's stuff from Santa |
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| Gifts around the tree |
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| She loved her stuff...especially the PINK Playdough! Thats one of the top things on her Christmas list!! |
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| Logan ran right to the sports center and started playing!! |
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| The aftermath of Christmas morning! |
We definitely were spoiled this year!!
Kaitlyn got: a Tiana doll, snowclothes & boots, shirts and pants, shoes, underwear, books, Smurfs movie, the princess tutu I made her and a wand, pink slippers, Hungry Hungry Hippos, rings and lipgloss, and all the stuff pictured above from Santa
Logan got: lots of matchbox cars (We filled a wheel storage container for them full of cars, Dave's old dump truck when he was little, clothes, snowclothes and boots, books, Cars 2 movie, green lantern action figure and the stuff pictured above from Santa
Dave got: tools, a tool box organization container, Captain America movie, a tie, and his all time favorite gift..the double cut saw from Santa!! Plus the stuff pictured from Santa.
Jill got: a pink tool box with lots of tools, a few other tools, craft paper, plastic boards that I can make my own stencils out of using my cricut, workout clothes, slippers, Thor Movie, The Help movie, Dave and Kaitlyn etched a sign in a mirror that says, "With God all things are possible." and it had the Salt Lake Temple on it too...love it!!, and 7 pairs of fresh water pearl earrings in different colors and the things pictured above from Santa.
Family Gift: A 3D Blueray DVD player and Karate Kid.
After we opened presents we had a nice breakfast burritos breakfast with fresh squeezed orange juice...a Christmas tradition!! Yum!! Then the kids played around with their new toys.
After that Dave and Logan went to sleep. Logan for his nap and Dave had to because he worked Sunday night. Kaitlyn and I then went to church. They just had sacrament meeting. It was really nice. When we got home we woke the boys up and went over to Dave's parents house.
We opened presents from them. We were totally spoiled over there!
The kids got a few toys, coloring book and crayons, books, Dave got some tools, and I got an organization calendar for 2012, a family statue that says Families are Forever. Our family got some ornaments, and a pretty photo album with lots of pictures.
Then we had a yummy turkey dinner with potatoes, fruit salad, and veggies. When we got done, Kaitlyn played with her playdough, Logan played with his cars and his parents and us played games the rest of the afternoon!! It was so much fun! When we got home we put in a movie, popped some popcorn and relaxed!!
We hope you all had an amazing Christmas as well!!
