We had a great Christmas this year!! I was lucky enough to have mom, dad, and Chris come down to my house for Christmas. The came down on Christmas eve and we had
lasagna for dinner and played around a bit before heading out too see some lights.
We all got in my van and headed up to North Salt Lake. There is a house up there that has lights that are lit to music on the radio. Everything seemed fine as we pulled up, but as soon as we unbuckled Carson to let him get a better view of the house, he saw the Santa in the window of the house. It was like a movie screen and it looked so real!!! It was Santa peeking out the window and walking around the room. I guess it was too real for Carson and he started to freak out and was yelling that he wanted to go home now!!! So we took off as fast as we could to calm Carson down. We all got quite a chuckle from it!
So we kept driving around looking at all the big houses and lights.
We ended up by the Bountiful Temple and stopped to look at the pretty nativity scene there.
We got home and let the kids open one present. They got new PJ's!!!
They looked adorable in them!
After playing around, we finally put the kids to bed! The next morning, Carson was up at 6 wanting to go downstairs, but we were able to hold him off until 7, when he said he heard
Gma get up. So we let him go downstairs to get
gma &
gpa but told him to stay out of the family room until we go with him. As
gpa came out of the room, he caught Carson going around the corner to head down the hallway, but was able to stop him. But he still must have seen something, since he came up and told me he saw a little table with ONE chair!!! After eating cinnamon rolls and putting the final cotton ball on Carson's Santa we headed downstairs!
I tried to get the kids to sit on the stairs so I could take a picture and give Nick time to get the lights on and make sure everything was in its place, but that was short lived!!! So I told them to go ahead and see what Santa brought!
They both quickly found what Santa had brought them. For Carson, a Lego Table, and for Kaylee, a Pink
Powerwheels Fourwheeler.
Kaylee wasn't so sure about getting on the
fourwheeler, even with
Gpa's help!
Carson got the Forklift he had asked for!
Kaylee had great help from
Gma and Chris opening her presents....
Which included a doll and stroller! (Don't ya love her wild hair!!!)
Again....more help from
gma with the unwrapping!
Here is Grandpa trying out his new Swim Goggles...
Carson spent most of the morning on Kaylee's
fourwheeler, but was more than willing to give Kaylee a ride!
Here is my family wearing masks from Carson's Curious George game.
Connect 4 was a pretty popular game that day!
Gpa was pretty tough to beat, but Chris and I managed to beat him a few times!
After we opened presents, we got dinner ready in time for Matt, Natalie & Hallie to get to our house. And after we had dinner, we headed back downstairs for more gift opening!
Grandma got Hallie this really cute play gym for Hallie to lay on! She seemed to really like it, along with my two kids!
Then it was Game time!!! We played the new game "Five Crowns" that Marisa had given to my family. It was good, and I even won!!!!
We all got in my van and headed up to North Salt Lake. There is a house up there that has lights that are lit to music on the radio. Everything seemed fine as we pulled up, but as soon as we unbuckled Carson to let him get a better view of the house, he saw the Santa in the window of the house. It was like a movie screen and it looked so real!!! It was Santa peeking out the window and walking around the room. I guess it was too real for Carson and he started to freak out and was yelling that he wanted to go home now!!! So we took off as fast as we could to calm Carson down. We all got quite a chuckle from it!
So we kept driving around looking at all the big houses and lights. 
We ended up by the Bountiful Temple and stopped to look at the pretty nativity scene there.
We got home and let the kids open one present. They got new PJ's!!!
They looked adorable in them!
After playing around, we finally put the kids to bed! The next morning, Carson was up at 6 wanting to go downstairs, but we were able to hold him off until 7, when he said he heard Gma get up. So we let him go downstairs to get gma & gpa but told him to stay out of the family room until we go with him. As gpa came out of the room, he caught Carson going around the corner to head down the hallway, but was able to stop him. But he still must have seen something, since he came up and told me he saw a little table with ONE chair!!! After eating cinnamon rolls and putting the final cotton ball on Carson's Santa we headed downstairs!
I tried to get the kids to sit on the stairs so I could take a picture and give Nick time to get the lights on and make sure everything was in its place, but that was short lived!!! So I told them to go ahead and see what Santa brought!
They both quickly found what Santa had brought them. For Carson, a Lego Table, and for Kaylee, a Pink Powerwheels Fourwheeler.
Kaylee wasn't so sure about getting on the fourwheeler, even with Gpa's help!
Carson got the Forklift he had asked for!
Kaylee had great help from Gma and Chris opening her presents....
Which included a doll and stroller! (Don't ya love her wild hair!!!)
Again....more help from gma with the unwrapping!
Here is Grandpa trying out his new Swim Goggles...
Carson spent most of the morning on Kaylee's fourwheeler, but was more than willing to give Kaylee a ride!
Here is my family wearing masks from Carson's Curious George game.
Connect 4 was a pretty popular game that day! Gpa was pretty tough to beat, but Chris and I managed to beat him a few times!
After we opened presents, we got dinner ready in time for Matt, Natalie & Hallie to get to our house. And after we had dinner, we headed back downstairs for more gift opening!
Grandma got Hallie this really cute play gym for Hallie to lay on! She seemed to really like it, along with my two kids!
Then it was Game time!!! We played the new game "Five Crowns" that Marisa had given to my family. It was good, and I even won!!!!
We took the cutest picture of Kaylee, Hallie, and the new doll together. Fun, huh?!?
We even stuck Hallie in Kaylee's doll stroller!!!
It was a wonderful day and it was so fun to spend it with family!!! We can't wait to head to Idaho for New Years!!!
