Thursday, January 10, 2013

Christmas

We had another fun, memorable Christmas.  It's always exciting with kids counting down to when Santa comes.  It's also fun having added family. We enjoyed Christmas with Jeff, Selly, and Marcus, Grandma and Grandpa.  That's what the holidays are all about.  Christmas to me is much better explained in pictures rather than words.  So I'll do my best to have more pictures and less talk.

Here's our Christmas Eve birthday party dinner.  Love the midgets, especially Marcus swinging.
Grandma and Grandpa had plenty to do :)
Grandma even helped Hailey figure out the right way to use her sleeping bag.
Grandpa got superman pajamas and added to his outfit quickly.  He's still my "superdad"

There were a lot of Zebras in our house on Christmas.  Especially with Ashley decked out too.
We played some fun Christmas Eve games including Glow in the Dark ring toss, snowball fight, marshmallow shooting, an all-around competition...
And I almost forgot the human Christmas tree.  What good sports.

The kids slept awesome knowing Santa only comes if you sleep.  But nothing beats the excitement of Christmas morning when everyone is anxious to see what he brang.  We snuck one quick picture in before the chaos began.
This girl was good for a while eating and watching all the craziness.
Marcus is such a cutie and was fun to watch.  We love this little guy.
Lots of Zebras
After things settled down it was on to the fun part of playing with toys.  Travis was quick to try on every star wars dress up he receive and test out his new light saber wii remotes.
This girl played on her kids tablet and did Legos for about a day straight.  It was fun to sit down next to her and watch this architect go at it. 

It's always sad to see Christmas go.  I think I need two months of this season.  I love the lights, the music, the family, the fun, the excitement, and most of all the symbolism everywhere of our Savior.  It was another year of fun memories.  I know these stages will cruise by, so there's self inflicted pressure to make the most of it.  All in all - I think we'll call it a success.  Merry Christmas!

1 comment:

Jared, Lindsay, and Trae said...

Oh the zebras!!! :) Looks like so much fun mel!