Christmas 2011

Our Christmas was wonderful! It was packed with good food, family, fun, games, etc. On Christmas Eve, we went to Darrin's family's for dinner, games and the traditional Nativity Story acted out by all the grandkids which is always fun! Last year Parker got to play baby Jesus, this year he was a little big for that so he got the part of a Shepard :).



Doesn't he make a cute little Shepard?

After Christmas Eve at Darrin's family's we headed over to my parents for our traditional PAJAMA OPENING and reading of "The Night Before Christmas". My Mom also made these INCREDIBLE books for each of the Grandkids that she gave to them on Christmas Eve. The book has letters to Parker, family history of me, Darrin and Grandparents on both sides! What a treasure!!

This is what our house looked like Christmas morning:



It was such a great morning spent opening gifts and stockings. Then we were off to church with my sister at 9am. The program was filled with wonderful music and the spirit. I thought it was really nice to have that time set apart to think about the savior and feel the spirit. After church we headed to my parents for breakfast and gift opening/exchanging. My Uncle Richard was able to be there even though he's been in the hospital for the past few days and so it was SO nice to see him!

After my parents, we went back to Darrin's family's and did the gift exchange/opening. And then we did Dinner and games.

We were SO blessed with SO many generous gifts all around! It would take me all day to name them all but to name a few I got LASER HAIR REMOVAL from my Sweetheart :), an extra FREEZER (YAY!!! I cannot explain how SMALL my freezer is!), gloves, COZY socks, "Our Best Bites" cookbook (:)), new KNIVES (mine were TERRIBLE!!!), an apple corer, slicer, peeler (Already used it-LOVE IT!!), FHE book, Bluray player, a Mani-Pedi, a DOUBLE STROLLER and more :) My goodness when I list it all out I realize even more such how much I'm SO blessed. I have such a wonderful family!

Darrin got a new HP TOUCHPAD (which he's been on NON-stop since Christmas :)), a cozy LONG blanket I made him, an XBOX game (can't remember what it's called), an air compressor, staple gun, fishing pole, and more!

Parker got a BASKETBALL HOOP which he LOVES, a remote control TRUCK, CARS, BALLS, Pillow pet, SNOW GEAR (YAY! He LOVES the snow!), Potty Time Signing Time, Lego's, toys and more!

WOW! What an amazing Christmas we had. Here are some pictures:






Darrin, his Dad, and some of his brothers ALL playing on his new Touchpad :)








Parker checkin' out Dad's new toy:


Parker's first try with his new BBall Hoop:


NBA Parker with his new BBall Hoop: