Christmas Fun

This has been a very fun filled Christmas!! It started a couple weeks before Christmas when we celebrated with Grandpa Glen!! We all went to see the Holiday Train in Vulcan and listen to the lead singer from Blue Rodeo sing (totally can't remember his name!!) We then went back to Arren and Buck's and had a yummy ham dinner before we headed up to Lomond for Emry's piano recital!  It was a really nice day!

Dad came back to see the kids school Christmas concert, and then the next day came to our Ward Christmas Party!!

On the 22nd we celebrated Christmas with my mom and sister's!  It was fun getting together and laughing and visiting!! We got to meet Mark's son John and his cute little family, his wife Megan and two daughters Rylee and Ella!! The kids had fun entertaining their two little girls who were as cute as buttons!!  Mark had prepared an extra special firework show which most of the kids loved!!  Another fun filled day!

Christmas Eve Jared was off work for the start of his extra long, mandatory Christmas vacation!!  We cleaned up the house and just hung out!  Later that evening the kids opened their Christmas Eve present...the annual pyjamas!!  This year I also put a book inside, they each got a personalized story about the child who lost their name...we have read Armin's to him every night since!!

Then we went down to watch The Christmas Carol, the one with Jim Carey...a little scary but it kept the kids interest throughout the entire show!!  After the movie we put out cookies and carrots and chocolate milk and read Twas' the Night Before Christmas!! The kids sprinkled their reindeer food outside and then it was off to bed!!  I was sure it would be a nightmare getting the boys to fall asleep but surprisingly they were asleep within 10 minutes of their heads hitting their pillow!!  Jared and I watched Love Actually and then set out the kids stocking stuff before heading to bed around 1:30am!!

Calum woke us up at 6am but I was able to distract him with a show until 7:30 before he woke up Emry!!  I put some cinnamon buns in the oven and we got right into opening presents!!  The kids had fun and were very happy with what Santa left and what they got from Mom and Dad and each other!

Emry's speakers she got!!

After everyone was settled with their lego I got busy getting our Christmas dinner ready!! I invited my mom and older sister and her kids over to share our Christmas Prime Rib with us!!  It was really yummy but we were too full for dessert, which was okay because I had to make it still!!  We saved it for Sunday when we had our home teaching families over!! (It was warm gingerbread cake with caramel sauce....pretty yummy!!)

Armin and his cousin Owen!!

Boxing Day we decided to join the rest of my mom's family to visit my Grandma Mary!! The kids were able to thank her for the money she gave them for Christmas!! It was nice to see her and all my aunts and uncles too!! We also decided to brave the Boxing Day shoppers and even got a good deal on a subwoofer speaker for our basement!! Our sound surround is almost complete!! We just need the surround, the little speakers behind us!!  Since we got the subwoofer we have watched the three batman movies because of the awesome sound!!  We scared the kids a little with the second one, we prepared them for the Joker which they were okay with but both Jared and I forgot about Two Face, Emry ended up sleeping with me in our bed that night which left Jared on the couch!! Oops!!!  The kids each picked out something at Toys R Us and paid for it with the money Great Grandma gave them!!

The rest of the week has been going good, more posts to come!!!  It is so nice having Jared home with us, the kids are really enjoying having their dad free to do puzzles, play games, go sledding and just hang out!

A very fun filled Christmas, and to top it off it has been a white Christmas...my favourite!!!!