I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!! By far, best time of the year-hands down! I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!! Growing up, we did SO many fun things around Christmas time, and now that I am not by my family any more, I can't mooch off of them for my Christmas fun, so I have to try and start my own! Here's just a few things that we have done in the past few days.
~We TRIED to go to the zoo lights on an absolutely perfect night for it! It was snowing really hard, the kids were SO pumped, Lincoln just got a new snow suit (for Christmas of course), and we had Hot Chocolate and fresh cookies all baked and ready to go! We got up to the gate and they informed us that the lights didn't actually start for another couple of days, and that there was a private party going on! What is THAT all about! Oops, on my part. Forgot to check that out! So, we decided that we would go to the mall instead and see if we couldn't get a peek at Santa. And get a peek we DID! I wanted to take some pictures, but my ghetto camera battery of COURSE was out, and we opted out of the $50 package that they were so kindly offering and just decided on the visit. Lincoln was a little bit leary at first, but I whispered to him in his ear that THIS is the guy you ask for your gifts! He wiggled right out of my arms and promptly climbed onto Santa's lap and asked him for all the trains that he could think of! He then proceeded to tell Santa that Payton wanted some trains for Lincoln to play with to! Such a thoughtful bro. Payton, of course, was enthralled with Santa's beard and kept trying to pull it. It was real so it wouldn't have made TOO much of a difference, but hey, we can't let our kids do EVERYTHING right? Like I stated earlier, my camera was out of batteries, so maybe it was a good thing that they didnt' let us into zoo lights. That would have been sad to have no pictures!
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6 comments:
These fun Christmas traditions all rock! As much as it stinks to be away, nothing binds your family like these things that you are doing. You ROCK, my dear!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Payton's gap. He's taken after his Uncle Steve and cousin Mitch! YES!! Lincoln looks so old with his new do!
Man I miss you guys! You are always having a partay...you are the best!
It looks like you guys have been busy! I need to follow your lead and start our own Christmas fun. It seems like we don't have spare time with all of the Christmas goings on already planned. I'll get there! Yeah for Christmas!
Way fun Christmas posts and traditions! You go girl! Your boys are all darling. See you soon back here in UT.
Whoa, check out all of the fun posts! It was like a mini-Christmas morning, checking your blog, lots of fun surprises!! :)
Sidenote: you have the best parties. SO FUN
Hope you guys made it to Utah safely and that you're having a blast! We miss you guys.
I was just thinking about how my parents always made everything so fun too, and only now do we appreciate all of that effort. It's all about the experiences we're giving our kids, and it always looks like you are doing a great job of that. Hope you had a Merry Christmas!
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