Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Joyeux Noel!

Christmas...where do I start?  We were lucky enough to have clear roads for family to travel on this holiday, and welcomed Grandma & Grandpa Brown, Uncle Mark, Uncle Karlin, Aunt Mollie, and Kennedi, Klare & Krew with open arms!  Christmas Eve was spent with our great friends the Laws & the Amundsons, along with G & G Brown & Mark.  *Disclaimer:  I was especially lame at taking pictures this Christmas.  I think the ward Christmas party fried my brain for the month of December.

We had a very nice dinner.  Here is a shot of the kiddos...of course, no shots of the adults!

Then we re-enacted the Nativity...which was hilarious and adorable all together...check out Parker's minxsy shepherd pose...

Then friends left and we opened pajamas...again, no picture!

Christmas morning was the usual to-do, with the boys excited to get Buzz Lightyear & Toothless from "How To Train Your Dragon".  Santa also surprised them with a mini-trampoline!  Which made Mommy very happy as the boys do not jump on the couches quite as often!  And, yes, no picture of the trampoline.  Parker's loot also included a Paper Jamz guitar, Harry Potter legos, and Kung Zhu pets.  And I have to add here that Tyler got Parker the movie HTTYD several weeks before Christmas, and although it nearly killed him, he kept the secret!  And was SO excited to give it to Parker - it was precious.  Tyler got a remote control car, Toy Story 3, Kung Zhu pets and lots of games (he is our game boy).

Mollie & crew arrived early afternoon, just in time to enjoy Christmas dinner...no pics, because....

apparently Popular Donuts really are more popular, so they got the photo opp.

We took everyone over to check out the Senske light show, but mostly we just hung out, ate, did a puzzle, talked, ate, watched A Christmas Story, ate, played with the kids....you get the idea.  It was very relaxing and fun to be with everyone. 

1 comment:

Mom B. said...

We had so much fun, thanks for hosting! The food was great, the kids had fun, and we (thanks Michelle, Mollie and Mark for staying up late) even finished the puzzle!

Nothing like fresh donuts, love the picture. Look at the kids faces, pure joy!