Saturday, January 16, 2016

Christmas Break part 3

The day after Christmas we met Nana and Gramps at studio movie grill to see the new Star Wars movie. We are big fans of the Star Wars saga and The Force Awakens did not disappoint! This guy was so ready....
We took the kids to skate at the galleria but the line was about a mile long so we settled on lunch, playground and American Girl store. 

Then we took them to skate at the rink near our home the next day. They love ice skating!

We all performed many a puppet show!

Keegan wore his new boots the rest of the break. 
We played outside until the cold weather came. 
And we just relaxed in pjs enjoying late bedtimes no alarms.  Christmas break is so special but getting back in the groove was not easy on any of us last week. I think this picture says it all. Bella and I were equally excited about the 7am alarm and three loads of laundry last Tuesday. 

Monday, January 11, 2016

Christmas Break part 2 - Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

We had such a special Christmas Eve this year. We were so happy to have Grandmama with us! We had a beautiful time of worship and a great night of dinner, presents and Karaoke at Grammy and Poppy's house.

The kids were up at exactly 7am on Christmas morning and ran into the living room ready to see what Santa brought them!  Keegan found his new Batcave!
And Ava found her new desk!  It was kind of hard to miss :-)
It only took them about 10 minutes to tear into all of Santas gifts.  I think Jeff and I repeated "Hold on! Let's take turns!" about 20 times.  They were maniacs.
Hulk hands, this captain america shirt and the new marvel superhero game were a few of Keegan's favorites.
And of course all of Ava's art and desk supplies were big winners for her :)
After playing for a bit and having breakfast, we headed over to Nana and Gramps' house for a fun Christmas Day.  Gramps met Keegan at the door with matching hulk hands :-)
We enjoyed Christmas dinner and lots of play outside this year in 70 degree temps!

It such a relaxing and enjoyable holiday.  We all had the best time just enjoying family and eating great food,  It truly is the most wonderful time of year!

Saturday, January 9, 2016

Christmas Break 2015 part 1

Our break started with my birthday weekend! I had the best weekend celebrating with family :-) I feel like 33 is going to be a great year!
We did a kid swap with the Smitherman family and Ava spent the night with Abigail while Preston spent the night with Keegan. They were both beyond excited and had the best time!
We let the kids open gifts from us on Christmas Eve Eve. It's always a fun night at our house!
They got a Kareoke machine, a Spider-Man PlayStation game and a shopkins set. There were quite a few songs performed :)
We built a gingerbread house and decorated lots of gingerbread cookies. 
They were so proud of our finished work! We went to bed ready for Christmas Eve!