Christmas Times

We had such a very merry

Christmas Time!

The whole month

we got to spend

lots and lots of time

together as a family.

And pictures were

taken a few times....

Like this time when

I was a horse or maybe a donkey

for the kids:

Ellory gets more and more

adorable every day:

This coat is the one

Grandpa Pat gave her

last Christmas:

Brother and Sister forever:

This was our viewing 

of the Christmas classic

Elf:

 

My friend Amy had us

over to decorate 

gingerbread houses:

If you can't tell,

Kale did it all by himself :)

 

 Later that night

we went to this place

in Silverton called The Garden

where they have a Christmas thing 

going on.

We had planned to go the previous

week to see the reindeer

but it was rainy and cold.

Well, it was rainy and cold

every day so we finally decided to 

suck it up and just go.

They had a small tent

with an ice skating rink

so Tyler took Kale for a spin!

It was difficult for Kale...

But he kept trying!

And Trying!

 And trying....

Ellory and I walked around and watched

them,

and ate a cookie.

Ellory kept trying to go

out onto the rink.

Maybe next year kiddo.

After skating we went to find Santa:

Then, we walked around the

Festival of Lights for a bit:

It was raining pretty good

and it was cold,

so we didn't stay very long.

It was a fun little outing!

The 18th was out 6th Anniversary!

Tyler gave me a beautiful 

necklace that I love so much

I've worn it every day.

The 18th was also our ward Christmas Party

so we celebrated on the 19th 

by leaving the kids with a babysitter

and eating at a place called The Rock

(it was delicious!)

and then heading over the the

theater for.......

STAR WARS!!!

I loved it.

Like a lot.

Like SO much.

I was giddy.

Tyler is too good to me :)

And then we grabbed ice cream

at Cold Stone.

Perfect night.

On the Eve of Christmas Eve

we had Amy and Nathan and 

their girls Lyda, Emmy and Olive 

over for dinner and then 

a showing of The Polar Express.

Lyda and Emmy had never seen it!

And then it was Christmas Eve!

It was a rather chill day.

For dinner we had

Chicken cordon bleu

with loaded mashed potatoes

and this new rolls with spinach and artichoke dip thing.

We enjoyed it!

Ellory wasn't feeling too hot

after having gotten her

shots the day before,

so she was watching Word World.

After dinner we opened

our Christmas Eve pajama presents:

Kale's were Ninja Turtles!

(Or, as he says it, "Turtle Injas")

Ellory's have cows all over them

because that's the animal noise she says best.

Tyler's shirt is Real Salt Lake, and then he got

red and black adidas shorts because

WOU is and adidas school.

My pants have little penguins on them

and the shirt says "Oh What Fun"

and I love them!

Kale was very very excited,

and it took him a bit to fall asleep.

But in the morning...

Santa had come!!!!

They both had socks stuffed in

their stockings.

And they each had one big present from him!

Legos for Kale:

 

And a Princess Dollhouse for Ellory:

Kale liked the dollhouse too....

The Lego box Kale got had 192 Legos inside.... 

I think he's pretty set for a while.

 Then we had cinnamon rolls for breakfast:

And now the rest of the presents!

I didn't photograph everything,

but here's a few:

Grandma Pam has started a tradition of 

giving the grandkids an ornament 

every year.

This year, Kale's was a Ninja Turtle.

How perfect!

And Ellory's was a lollipop.

How adorable :)

Addy and Kolby sent Kale

a new book!

Uncle Jake sent Kale this

beast of a nerf gun:

Grandma Pam sent Sven!

Uncle Jake sent Ellory a super

cute teddy bear:

Lyda and Emmy gave

Ellory and Kale each a homemade

ornament with their names on them.

So sweet!

More Legos from Nana and Grandpa!!

Ellory got this cute book and

coloring thing from Nana and Grandpa.

She loved it right away :)

Here is her tea set from Nana and Grandpa,

which Kale also loves.

 Of course they were interested

in all presents being opened,

not just theirs.

 Tyler's sound bar!

Phew! What a haul.

Thank you to everyone who sent gifts!

We are spoiled rotten :)

Kale was pretty wound up

over all his new things:

Tyler and I gave them new backpacks:

And of course, Kale couldn't

wait to try out his new gun:

See the clip?

The thing is nuts.

It takes like 4 batteries to even

shoot the thing.

 

That's what cool uncles are for!

The rest of the day we vegged,

ate leftovers,

and tinkered with our new things.

It was a great day!

The day after Christmas we continued

the vegging, eating leftovers, tinkering with our new things

theme. 

It was great.

 Except for when I took my present

from Tyler out for a run:

It's the coolest watch

and  I love it!

He also gave me a new hoodie

which you can see the sleeve of.

Plus he gave me a Star Wars puzzle!

It's 1000 pieces and is going to 

take me a really long time to do,

but I don't even care!

And he gave me this cool thing

that I do my puzzle on

and then I can just roll it up and 

set it aside while I'm not working 

on it.

Super Cool.

I'm such a nerd.

 

And Ellory watched some football with daddy:

Of course, Nana sent the kids

adorable clothes,

more specifically adorable church clothes.

And the first batch was worn today:

Ellory wasn't really in the mood

to take a picture.

And that was our Christmas!

We have had a wonderful time

and we feel so blessed to have

received so many presents 

from friends and family.

We love and miss you all!

Merry Christmas!!