Christmas Eve Dinner/Celebration

This year for our traditional Christmas Eve dinner we had lobster, prime rib, baked potatoes, spinach salad, yogurt salad, and rolls. It was all delicious and we all were stuffed after dinner. The kids could hardly take waiting until after we got the table cleared off and the dishes done to open their presents. After sorting out all the gifts into piles of who they would go to we started opening gifts. This year we did it differently having each person open 1 gift and then going around the room from youngest to oldest so that we could all see what everyone opened. Ususally there is so much wrapping paper and boxes flying around that we miss seeing half of what people open. So we tried something new this year. It did end up taking a little longer, but it was fun to see all the excitement and expressions on everyones faces as they opened each gift. Once again we were all spoiled and had such a great time together. We really do have a great family. This year Paxten got: A church outfit, a play outfit, a twin mattress (for the bunk bed), twin sheet set, dino racer, socks, drum set, RC & Woody car, Cars couch, elmo pop-up tent, bubble bath, cars slippers.
Paige got: Cinderella dress up outfit with a crown and glass slippers, church dress with tights, minnie mouse outfit, Rapunzel barbie, Hair bow holder, gold sparkly boots, 4 easy bake oven refills, bubble bath, duets sing-a-ma-jig, and an ipad mini with her name on it and an itunes gift card and a pink cover.
Parker got: a track outfit, a church outfit, socks, star wars lego set with a storage bag, Avengers acrion figures, angry birds hat and gloves, angry birds slippers, dream lite, bubble bath, and an ipad mini with his name on it with an itunes gift card and a green cover.
Erika: Amazon gift card, scrapbook paper cutter, cake decoration class and lesson kit, photo display frame made from an old door, lotions from Bath & Body Works, 3 iphone covers, scrabble shuffle game, dish drying mats, jewelry display holder, and a cricut cartridge. (I also got a cute decoration that spells Frosty from Sheri!)
Matt:a Harley shirt, golf balls, tees, 2 golf shirts, Callaway hat, white socks, Cal-Ranch gift card, earbuds, Wii Cabelas gun & game, otterbox iphone cover, Blackfoot Golf Course gift card and as a joint gift to Matt and I we got a Traeger grill and cover and 2 bags of pellets... which Matt is very very excited about!

Christmas Morning

After finally getting up at the kids perisitence, we got to opening gifts. Each of the kids got Something to Wear, Something to Read, and Something to Play With. We decided to keep it simpler and not get too extreme, after all we just took the kids to Disneyland and they knew that was part of their Christmas this year. Parker got Perry the Playypus slippers, new jeans, socks, and underwear. The Magic Tree House bookset, and some Cars2 cars. Paige got a Sunday coat, a maxi dress, and a black shirt. She also got the Junie B. Jones books set, her own kitchen cooking utensils and a Hello Kitty CD player for her room. Paxten got a Mater Christmas book, a sweatshirt, and another outift, and a Batman car to ride on. Santa did a familt gift this year and we got a Wii game system with 5 games. We got the wii sports game, Wheel of Fortune, Cars2, Toy Story 3, and a Tangled game. Along with the games we got 2 extra controllers, so that more than one person can play at a time. We all got some great stocking stuffers including some of out favorite snacks and treats. Matt got me the Hunger Games movie and I got him some new workout shorts, socks, and cologne. We were all pretty happy with our new stuff and got to work setting up the game system. After about an hour and it not working, Matt decided that the game system was defective. Luckily it wasn't actually Christmas Day and he was able to take it to exchange it at the special "Exchange Store" that Santa has. So a few hours later, we had the new Wii working and were having fun. Later on we got together and my parents house for our annual Christmas Eve dinner and gift exchange.

La La Loopsey Paige

Paige loves the dolls known as Lalaloopsey's. She has received several of them for gifts. For her birthday my mom got her this costume and Paige was so excited to dress up like a Lalaloopsey. The only thing she doesn't like is she says it is "itchy" so this will be a dress up outfit that is worn for s short amount of time. But she does look darn cute!

Christmas Morning Photos

 

My computer is being retarded and won't let me download the rest of the pictures, so here they are in a collage. Better than nothing!

Christmas Morning

On Christmas Morning Matt and I woke up early and got ready since we knew it would busy trying to open gifts, eat breakfast, and get ready for church by 11:00. We ended up having to wait for the kids to wake up, which they finally did about 8:15. They were surprised to see that Santa had put together Paige’s new table and chair set and had set out her new tea set. They were eager to try it out. Then they realized that Santa had made it and couldn’t wait to open their gifts.




Parker got new Cars 2 toys that he didn’t already have and 2 Cars 2 lego sets to put together. He also got chocolate pop tarts, watermelon gum, pickle Pringles, Root beer, a new toothbrush and toothpaste, coloring paint book and a looney toones coloring pages all in his stocking.

Paige opened some makeup from Santa along with an Easy Bake oven, which she was exstatic about, and she got chocolate pop tarts, watermelon gum, ranch Pringles, root beer, a toothbrush and toothpaste, and some Hello Kitty crayons, notebook and coloring pages all in her stocking.

Paxten got an elephant ball game, and a fabric tool set. He got a toothbrush and toothpaste in his stocking along with apple cinnamon puffs and some cookies.

After the kids opened gifts from Sanata, they opened gifts that Matt and I had gotten them. Each of the kids got new socks, and a new outfit. Paxten got some new board books and Paige got her first set of scriptures. Then both Parker and Paige got a new 7" Android tablet. They are always wanting to play on my Dad's and Grandma C's IPAD, but we couldn't justify buying an IPAD for a 6 year old and a 3 year old. So we opted for something smaller and not near as expensive. We even downloades gamed prior to Christmas so they would be ready to use when the kids opened them. They were both excited and have played on them quite a bit this week.

Matt received mostly practical stuff; socks, a belt, new jeans, and some new cologne. Matt also suprised me with a new professional cutting board, some salad tongs, and a silpat. I was suprised and proud of the fact that he came up with the idea all on his own and he did in fact suprise me with it.

After opening gifts we went next door for the traditional Yancey breakfast. Per Parker's request we had French toast, sausage, cutie clementines, and juice. It was delicious.

We then went to Church for just Sacrament meeting. The kids were dressed in their new church outfits and all looked so adorable.

Christmas Gifts

Paxten had a fun first Christmas, he was even big enough to tear into some of the wrapping paper. He did get tired of presents being put in front of him to open, he just wanted to plat with his new toys! He got:
New jammies, blanket, book, pillowcases, fisher price fireman ornament, bath toys, Lion King movie, 3 outfits, church outfit, and a steering wheel toy.


Paige opened:
Church dress, church shoes, tights, hairbows, and a ring, Monster High dolls, holiday pillow cases, makeup, jean purse (my mom made this purse out of an old pair of my jeans when I was a little girl) table cloth, table and chairs, LalaLoopsy doll, blanket, jammies, book, Barbie clothes, tea set, crocheted hat, 2 outfits, and a tinkerbell ornament.


Parker opened:
New jammies, blanket, book, snow boots, sneakers, Cars trouble game, holiday pillow cases (my mom made each of the kids pillow cases for each holiday, they are so cute!), batteries –for all his toys!, cars walkie talkies, Cars ornament, Mcdonald’s gift card, 2 Cars2 toys, church outfit, church socks, and an Air Soft BB gun.


Erika opened:
I got a new Christmas tree after Thanksgiving, a jean jacket, Pampered Chef Large Lifter, 2 King Size sheet sets, Our Best Bites Cookbook, the game Scum, Edwards Gift Card (with babysitting), Itunes Gift Card, Amazon Gift Card, 2 hot pads, 2 king size pillows, set of 3 bowls, tile plaque of Family Rules (made by my Mom), scrapbook stickers, Scrapbook ink set, dish towels/dish clothes, dish scrubbies, and money to go towards our future Disneyland trip.


Matt opened:
an Itunes Gift Card, Cal-Ranch Gift Card, Famous Footwear Gift Card, an IPOD Shuffle, PS3 Controller, Walker Mower Blades, John Deere Hat, Family Logo Game, Truck Floor Matts.