Spreading reindeer food on the lawn.
A gal in our ward brought this gingerbread house over for Wesley. It was something they made in young womens with the goal to give it to somebody who would really enjoy it. And boy did Wesley enjoy it!!
The shock and excitement of Christmas morn.....
Christmas Eve we read the story of the birth of our Saviour in Luke and used our felt countdown of the Nativity to keep the kids interested, sang Christmas songs, wrote letters of thanks to Santa, spread reindeer food out on the lawn for Rudolph and all the other reindeer, and of course, got out the oreos and milk for Santa, and waited for Grandpa and Grandma Tingey and Uncle Nick to get here. The kids slept in Aubreys room and had a hard time falling asleep. They were pretty excited for their granparents and Santa to come.
Finally, Christmas morning came and the kids got up and came down stairs. The look on Wesleys face in the picture above of him and Aubrey standing by the stairs is hilarious. We weren't sure if he was excited or shocked or what. He was staring at his green bike Santa left and finally said, "That is not what I wanted!!" I couldn't help but laugh even though I was disappointed he wasn't more excited. He did finally warm up to the bike and really likes it now. I wish I would have been filming him. He was excited to open up the package Santa left him to find the toy airplanes he had asked for.
Aubrey was still a bit sleepy, yet very excited. We helped her along opening gifts and she was happy with her things. Especially the little toy kitchen grandma brought for her. It was a hit with Wesley and Grandpa too.
Nick and his super cool chap stick. LOL
playing with the toy kitchen.
Aubrey yawning while she opens gifts. And happy to have some fun new toys.
The rest of the day was spent playing, eating, and sleeping. We had a great day.
More fun was yet to be had at our house this year. Having family here was so great. We all had a lot of fun visiting, playing games, eating, and visiting some of the fun sites in our area. We are so happy grandma and grandpa and Uncle Nick could come down. THANKS FOR COMING!! I have many more pics to post but will do that later. So, stay tuned......................
4 nice things said:
Wesley always keeps you laughing doesn't he?! Love the picture of Aubrey yawning, I could've dittoed that feeling! How fun to have family with you- by the way- what did you use for reindeer food? What great memories you're making with your family! Love you guys!
Yeah!! That is so great that your family came! I love the idea of spreading the reindeer food on the lawn-we always just leave it on the kitchen table-you guys are much more "intuned," with the reindeers feelings!
Looks like so much fun. Creating Christmas memories like that will always stick with the kids, and you. It really lifts one's spirt's to see the fun photo's. Reminds me of all my fun Christmas's. I used to leave carrots for the reindeer. What did you use? It was always too cold for us to leave anything out on the lawn. LOL Too much snow!
DEBBIE! Lily just turned 9 months and is on the loose! She's crawling everywhere and pulls up on everything and anything. Molly is also getting so grown up, and is doing really great with reading!
I can't believe how big Wesley and Aubrey are. You just moved here right before you had Aubrey. Now you're getting ready to have another one. It's been 5 months since we left, but it feels like a lot longer than that! So...are you going to post some recent preggo pics with that new camera of yours?
Miss you guys!!!
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