Thanksgiving, Christmas and everything in between!

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was SO much fun! It was a little weird though, cause we were the ones waiting for our kids to wake up! Kayston is always up by 7 and for some reason he decided to sleep until 8 on Christmas morning!
The kids were so excited to see that Santa did come even after all the threats from me that he wouldn't! Ha Ha! I'm mean, I know!
Brylee was so happy to see that Santa had finally brought her her REAL Minnie Mouse and Kayston loved his Lego's!
After we got done opening presents, we got ready and headed over to Gramma and Grampa's for our traditional Christmas breakfast and of course, more presents!
Boy, do these guys know how to spoil us! My mom made all the kids quilts and surprised both of our families with Wii's! (That was Kayston's first Christmas wish but I am way too cheap to spend that much on a present so I talked him into asking for something else!) Plus, they gave us all a lot more presents! My mom always seems to go overboard on things like this but hey, I won't complain!

The kiddos with all their presents!

Kayston with his present that Brylee gave him!Bry with her new doggy and carrier!Kayston got a lot of new games for the Playstation 2 since we weren't going to buy a Wii!Every little girl needs a Tea set!Bry's Tinkerbell that Kayston picked out for her!Gramma's houseBry got a princess dress and crown. Kayston also got a glow dome! All these kids absolutely adore Gramma & Grampa! Can you blame them? Thanks again Mom and Dad for making it such a special day! We love you so much and wouldn't know what we would do without you!

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Christmas Eve

This Christmas Eve, my parents came over for a delicious turkey dinner that my sweet husband made! I didn't have to do a single thing and it was wonderful! I didn't even think to take any pictures of the dinner and I'm wishing I did! It was AMAZING!

My parents always let the kids open one gift on Christmas Eve! Yep, jammies! Kayston's were
Spider Man and Brylee's were Minnie Mouse! The kiddos love their new jammies! Thanks Gramma & Grampa!****************************************

Snowman??

A couple of weeks ago when we had that big snow storm, I came home from work and discovered this in my back yard! A little scary if you ask me but the kids loved it! Too bad it only lasted a few hours since it started raining and the head fell off! Which reminds me, I'm pretty sure my spatulas are still in the back yard!

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SaNtA ClAuSe

Our Ward had a Christmas breakfast and we were lucky enough to have Santa join us!

Kayston told Santa he wanted Lego's!

Funny story with Brylee. We had been telling her that she was going to meet Santa and that she could tell him that she wanted a Minnie Mouse for Christmas so he could bring her one! So, after she told him that that's what she wanted, he said "well, I think we could do that" and then he handed her a pencil! When we got in the car to leave, she had the most concerned look on her face. I asked her what was wrong and she looked at her pencil and confusingly said.."this my Minnie Mouse??" It was hilarious! She obviously thought she was going to get her Minnie Mouse that day! I tried to explain that Santa will bring her one on Christmas but come on, she's 2! The next day, she saw her pencil laying on the table and she ran over to it saying "my Minnie Mouse!" Poor confused girl! I just love her so freaking much!

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Decorating the Christmas Tree

Every year we let the kids decorate the tree and then we have fun re-decorating it once they go to bed! The funny thing is, is that they don't even notice!

This year, both the kids wanted to help put the star on! It sure will be interesting with 3 kids! Their finished master piece!

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Thanksgiving in Idaho

This year for Thanksgiving, we headed to Idaho to spend it with Preston's family! We always have so much fun when we're there and the kids LOVE it! As a matter of fact, we hardly ever see our kids cause they're always off playing with all their cousins! It's kind of nice!

I didn't take too many pictures of our Thanksgiving dinner but as always, it was delicious!

While we were in Idaho, we took the kids sledding! They had a blast! Here are some pictures from our trip!

Shopping the adds Playing Lego's with the cousins! Sledding!!!Brylee with one of her favorite people...Aunt Kesti! Making the haul back up the hill!Awww, see, they do love each other!