Christmas

Uh, Ethan is not too happy ey? Ryan and Ethan with my mom last Sunday. These are the pj's she made for them.

My mom came over Sunday night and did Christmas with us. Then on Christmas Eve we went to my cousin Krista's house and had fondue and sushi and other appetizers with her family and did the nativity play, watched the nativity video, played a nativity game, and the kids colored nativity pictures. It was a Christ centered Christmas Eve. We had a good time. On Christmas morning I woke Ryan and Ben up at 8:00am then we brushed our teeth and went to see what Santa brought. At 11 am we drove out to Tooele to go to Ben's parents house and have lunch there. Then we drove to Saratoga Springs to have dinner at my Grandma Reese's house. We had a really fun eventful day!

The day after Christmas I left my house a mess because Ben had the day off, so we went to Pei Wei for lunch and looked around for some cars. (I'd really like a bigger vehicle). We haven't found the perfect deal yet. Today Ben went back to work and I had a doctor's appointment around lunch time so Ben took Ryan to lunch...Ryan really liked hanging out with just dad and when I went to pick him up he said "mom, I don't want to see you, I want to stay with dad". It hurt my feelings a little, but I'm glad he had fun with dad. Ben said he's taking tomorrow off and Monday and Tuesday for New Year's, so we get another long weekend. I'm so excited to have him home after he worked SO much the last couple of weeks.

This is Christmas morning with Ry in his Spongebob pj's. He is pretty excited about his big T-Rex and his tool set and big truck. Ethan got a really cool saucer (that he is still too little for), and some little toys and clothes.

Santa also brought Ryan and Ethan a new TV for their "house" under the stairs. Ry was really excited to have his own TV (and mom was too, no more Bob the Builder for me).

This was on Christmas Eve. We didn't have any plans, so my cousin Krista invited us to her house (she lives around the corner from me). She's the primary president in her ward so she had the kids do the sharing time nativity story. Ryan is the Shepard with the tie falling off his head.

My little Shepard with a hockey stick cane.