Christmas (2014)

It has been crazy since Christmas, so I am just now getting around to posting about it. But, it was a great time filled with family, fun, food, and presents!

On Christmas day, the kids woke up bright and early to see what Santa brought them!

This year, we decided that the presents that came from Jeff & I would be Something they want, something they can wear, something they need, and something they can read. They weren't too sure about the need present, but they found out it was a good idea. Lily got a princess lamp for reading. She has been needing a reading lamp for her room and was pleasantly suprised when it was pink with princesses on it!

Zach got the last Minecraft book he needs. (He got a different book for something to read, but that's ok, because this kids loves to read!!)

Riley had said he needed a scarf, so I had my mom crochet a blue one for him. He loved that his Grammy made it!!

Jeff's present from me; a Chief's yard sign!

Zach made Jeff & I these adorable clay statues!! Jeff's is a Chief's arrowhead:

And mine was a coffee mug (complete with "coffee" in it) with a sunflower on it! I loved this!!

Riley and Zach's want; a Wii U!

The kids buy one of their siblings a present and trade off who it is each year. This year, Riley bought for Lily and he bought her a Sofia magnetic dress-up doll set. She loved it!

After presents and playing with presents, we headed over to my parent's house. These two cutie (David & Camelot) met for the first time! Cami lives in Germany and we all got to meet her!! (She's my niece. Karen's daughter & david is my sister, Amy's son.)

Poor Jeff had gotten into an car accident the Monday before Christmas and was still in quite a bit of pain. :0(

After lunch, the kids all opened their presents from my parents and from the cousin who drew their name in the name drawing.

Then it was time for the adult white elelphant gift exchange! As usual, there were quite a few funny gifts!!

Then we all just spent time with each other. :0)

It was a good day!
We were supposed to have the Logan Family Christmas that Saturday, but Jeff, Zach, and I all got the stomach flu. It was bad. :0( So we had to miss it. We were very sad about this. We did get to go over and spend time with just Gary & Sheril though on New Year's Day. :0)

So, now it is 2015!! Time is just flying by!! We are looking forward to what this new year brings us!

Christmas Eve (2014)

On Christmas Eve, we got all dressed up for mass and took family pictures:

After mass, the kids got to open their Christmas Eve box:

It is always filled with new jammies, hot cocoa, a new Christmas movie, and a Christmas treat.

After they opened it, I realized that I got jammies that were two sizes too small for Riley, so at 7:15 on Christmas Eve, I ran to Walmart to get new pj's.
That was not fun.... ;0)

After the movie, the kids set out cookies and milk for Santa and went up to bed.

Snowman Sundaes and Grinch Night!

We hae been having a lot of Christmas fun around here! A few of the things we have done are making snowman sundaes and having Grinch Night!
For Snowman Sundaes, we needed ice cream, whipped cream, and lots of candy to make the ice cream a snowman!

First, we stacked the ice cream like a snowman:

Then the kids added their treats:

Riley's:

Lily's:

Zach's:

Then they added whipped cream for more "snow". They really like this yummy activity. ;0)

On Sunday, we had Grinch Night!

We have been doing this for a few years now, but this year we added grinch heart cookies!
They're just oreos dipped in green candy melts with red candy sprinkles for the grinch's tiny heart. ;0)

We still had to have our regular Grinch Cookies too!
These are just chocolate chip cookie dough dyed green with dark chocolate and mint chips.

And it isn't Grinch Night without Grinch Punch; green (lime) sherbet and Sprite:

All three kids settled in to watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas!