Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Christmas Day 2012


Christmas morning came with a bang...literally.  A crazy winter storm came in with lots of wind, thunder, lightening, and hail!.  It was an interesting way to start Christmas morning.  Needless to say, we were up early and ready to start the fun.
The boys came downstairs to find that Santa had indeed visited them and left them a few surprises.  Robby got a little kitchen- he is quite the chef, and Tyler got a Wii (which he didn't even notice for a few minutes after we came downstairs). 

Robby set right to work making food for everyone.
Even Tyler got in on the action (he says he doesn't like the kitchen, but I caught him fixing a few dishes a time or two)
As with most Christmas mornings, there was plenty of Lego construction.
And we all got to practice our driving skills with a little Mario Kart.
I was a very good restaurant customer, and Robby never complained about cooking the loads and loads of food I ordered.  He even makes a pretty good waiter.  
I tried on (and put to good use) the apron my mom sent me,
and John tried on (and thankfully did NOT put to good use) the wet suit I got him.
 And then, we played in the snow!  Yep, snow in Texas on Christmas!  It turns out that that storm not only brought thunder, lightening, wind and hail, but it also brought ice and SNOW!  It was the perfect Christmas day watching the snow fall so peacefully and beautifully.  It made me feel like I was home.  We went out in the morning while the wind was still blowing and only lasted a few minutes.  It was FRIGID!  Tyler wouldn't take off his Star Wars mask because it too cold.  Once it finally warmed up, we went outside for a little sledding...on boogie boards.  The boys loved it!




Christmas Eve 2012

I'm about a month and a half behind on blog posts, but that's about normal for me, so I'm feeling pretty good.
Here is a quick synopsis of our Christmas holiday.
This year we decided again to stick around Texas.  With Tyler's baptism so quick after Christmas and knowing that this year is the last year we will have family living close by (John's brother's family will move away this spring), we knew it was going to be a good year to stay home.  It was a great holiday break with lots of family fun and activities.  We were also blessed to have John's parents join us after Christmas for Tyler's baptism.
For Christmas Eve, we invited some dear friends over for dinner and activities.  It's not easy living away far away from family, especially at the holidays, but we are blessed to have some really great friends who are are like family to us.
Santa delivered Christmas Eve dinner once again.  This time we got a text telling us the coordinates for where Santa dropped off the box, and we had to use the GPS on my phone to locate it.  Tyler was so excited that he (and really, he was the only one who really understood what was going on) didn't want to stop and put on his own shoes so he grabbed John's instead.
Lucky for us, Tyler was able to navigate and find our box at the park around the corner from our house.
 When we got home, we opened up all our meats and cheeses that Santa had left for our dinner, along with a new movie for us to watch!
 After dinner, we read the nativity story from the scriptures and acted it out...sorta.
 I just love this.  Robby and his cute friend Maddy were so happy to participate in this.  I love this age!
Time for bed, but not before we leave out a little treat for Santa.