Chalked Full of Fun and Festivites

I must warn you, this is probably my longest post EVER!!! But with all the fun of Christmas, I didn't want to get behind on my blogging. (Because isn't that the worst...)

December 23rd:

Do you remember Christmas Eve-Eve? It was like torture as a kid. So my friend and I decided to keep the kiddos moving by taking them to Treehouse Museum. I was predicting crowds and crazy...but there was hardly anyone there!

Brighty being a cowgirl.

(If we had horses, I could totally picture her being a rodeo princess.)

Doesn't she look grow up?

Partici-Play: At the Treehouse we went to their Partici-play where the kids volunteer to be a part of a little reader's theatre narrated by one of the workers. Imagine my surprise when Brighton's little hand shot right up to volunteer to be on of the actors. She is fearless! It was really cute.

Here is our friend Quincy being a baker.

There she goes getting in costume

December 24th:

Christmas Eve is my very favorite day of the season. The tension is delicious. We spent our Christmas Eve morning partying with my family. Then we visited Jeff's family, headed back up to our house, sprinkled our Reindeer dust, left out cookies for Santa, exchanged gifts from each other, and watched our family movie showing the year in review. Our kids were out like a light...no waiting up for Santa here.

Each of my kids had their own tree this year.

This is Eden's tree.

Can you guess?

Brighy's tree!

She choose these ballet slippers as her ornament this year.

I found her little nativity like this. I thought it was sweet that everyone was looking at baby Jesus.

Logan's tree.

Even though we don't necessarily "bleed Blue", Logan still liked this BYU hat.

Some shots from the Adam's Family Christmas Eve Extravaganza

Hi Christmas Cutie!

We paired up and played a fun game called Headbandz!

Of course there was wrestling...

And pictures by the fire place with our new PJ's on!

Sierra and Logan

(Logan was OVER THE MOON to get some "Feetie" PJ's)

The Cousins

Jay and Ede

The Lichties

Sisters

All the Girls

Most of the boys

The Goddards

Then we played one of my favorite games...Left and Right.

Funny girl!

We exchanged gifts from each other...

Brighton got this baby puppy that drinks a bottle.

LOVED IT!

Getting ready for Santa at our house...

Sprinkling Reindeer dust

CHRISTMAS DAY!

Santa played a little trick on the kids this year. Instead of placing the gifts under our tree, Santa set things up downstairs. When Logan looked at the tree in the morning, he was a little concerned not to see anything new, but when he turned the corner and looked down the stairs...total elation!

Brighton was close to tears to see Kitty Lou. This summer Brighton lost her very favorite stuffed animal when she left it at the park. How wonderful of Santa to replace Kitty Lou. New Kitty Lou even had a sparkly collar.

Santa left these cardboard playhouses, which have seen tons of activity the last few days. Logan opened up some new Legos, got a Pillow Pet, both kids got little remote control robots, Logan got a Marble Roller Coaster, Brighton opened up some Squinkies, and Eden opened up a new fun toy with lots of rolling balls.

This year the Christmas morning "schedule" was ideal. We woke up around 7:30am, looked out our gifts from Santa and our stockings, got ready and headed to church, came home, ate breakfast, and then finished up unwrapping presents. I love how church brought the meaning of the day to the forefront of our morning, and it also helped space things out.

Even Bingo got a present...courtesy of my mom.

Stockings...

Yes!!! A new soccer ball that also came with goalie gloves.

There's Kitty Lou!

Eden loves it!

A Lego organizer!

Christmas yoga!

More Little Critters

Jeff got new running shoes!

Grandma and Grandpa came up for lunch and to see what everyone got!

Eden likes the castle too!

December 26th:

We spent the 26th celebrating with the Goddards. We took the Motorhome down to Lehi to visit Trafalga! It was a fun way to travel all together. Trafalga was CRAZY! But we got to play some mini golf and some laser tag, so it was worth it! (Even Brighton played laser tag! So fun!)

Grady and Tay

Rachelle spanked Grady in rock climbing!

Jeff and Richard

We had pizza and exchanged gifts.

The babies playing together

Jordan with his new goalie gloves!

Richard Cunningham

Logan and Jamie

Bright and Jamie

December 27th:

No pictures to document this important day, but Jeff and I celebrated our 10th anniversary!!! It was low key, just dinner and a movie, but we are headed to the Bahamas in the near future!

December 28th:

Getting together with our good friends, the Brionez Family, to celebrate and exchange gifts!

What an amazing holiday. Nonstop fun. The ages of my kids make Christmas exciting again! I want to treasure these next few years!