Heidi, tickled to sit on Santa's lap and talk to him. :) |
This past Christmas seemed like it arrived much too quickly, although I had been preparing for it months before. Christmas is such a big holiday for us, and it is so much fun! Just before Thanksgiving Erika had her Tavaci Christmas concert and at the end a special guest arrived to see the kids. Of course, our kids wanted to wait in the long line to see Santa!
Just 2 days after Jeremy's wedding, on December 23rd, we went back down to Salt Lake for my parents' Christmas party with my siblings. We would've just stayed down there all weekend, but I am the ward Choir director and had to be to our ward on Sunday to lead the choir.
We had a fun Christmas party with almost all of my siblings there! It's a pretty amazing thing when we can all be together and it doesn't happen very often. My sister was here from California for the wedding so we got to see her for Christmas, too! The next morning after my parents' party was Dec 24th. We stayed there till the afternoon. The kids went on a horseback ride to the gully being pulled behind the horses in sleds. And, we just hung out the rest of the morning. Then, we headed back home. We didn't get home until about 5 pm and Aaron's parents arrived just before 7, so we had to hurry and unload and prepare dinner. We had our traditional Fettucine Alfredo for dinner with everyone. Aaron's brother Ryan and his brother Thayne was also there with his two girls. It was great to have everyone there! That night, we read some scriptures about Christ in the Book of Mormon, sang some hymns and shared our feelings about Christ with each other.
Jared absolutely LOVED the knight costume he got from Oma and Opa and refused to take it off until bedtime. Even when he went to sleep, he kept his sword by him! |
Kyle showing off his Skylanders. Just a note- He chose not to change his mis-matched PJ's even after mom's warning that someday he'd be embarrassed by the pictures.. :) |
Heidi got her first Lego set- Lego Friends Stables |
Erika got the American Girl doll she's always wanted |
Christmas morning the kids were so excited to open their presents. It was busy and messy, but fun too. After the kids opened their presents, we just hung out and they played. The kids went out and played in the snow a little, too. David and Tara arrived just after noon and we had our traditional Christmas dinner with turkey and the works. Then, that night we had the kids dress up and act out the Nativity Story. They were so cute!
Our Nativity reenactment- Kyle was Joseph, Kaidynce- Mary, Konae- shepherd, Jared- a Roman Centurion (with his knight costume), Erika- an angel, and Heidi- a "wise man" (with the graduation hat on). |
The kids had a lot of fun playing their new "just dance" wii game |
On the 26th, the kids had fun making big gingerbread men and a gingerbread house.
Jordan getting some luvs from grandma! |
Heid and Aaron showing off the Lego stables they put together. (while mommy got an AMAZING nap!) |
"Yes, we made this gingerbread house- with a little bit of help from mom..." |
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