Christmas afternoon!

After an activity filled Christmas day already... we now are ready for the much anticipated present opening from Uncle Dan and the family! Crazy fun!

Yep... we are spoiled.... and very blessed and very thankful for all we have... our great family, our health and our Savior Jesus Christ whose birth we have celebrated in many ways this season. Merry Christmas! Life is good!

Christmas lunch!

After SKYPEING we had a yummy Christmas lunch!

We had to get our tummies full and get ready for the next activity!!! Wonder what THAT could be?!?

The pickle!

One of our fun traditions on Christmas is finding the Christmas pickle.

 Everyone wants to find it!

 keep looking... it's not easy to find!

 OH....what is this?!?! Could it be?!?!?

 Yes!!! Brandon found the pickle!!

He did get a lovely prize... but what is more important is that he gets bragging rights until next year!!!

SKYPE!!

I LOVE technology!!! I LOVE SKYPE!! It's amazing that we could visit with and see our family that wasn't here on Christmas!

We set up our SKYPE headquarters!!

Testing testing!

There's Dustin in Afghanistan

Lyndi's first skype... she was not impressed!

Oh what a CUTE missionary!!!

We talked for over an hour with Trent. So glad they got permission to SKYPE!

Everyone is having a good time visiting with the fam!

And we talked to Aimee and Jackson!

It was so fun talking AND seeing everyone! SKYPE is so cool... I can't wait to see what technology they come up with next!!

Christmas morning!

Woo Hoo! It's Christmas morning!!

 HA! Aren't we cute covering up our bed heads with lovely Christmas hats!!

 Santa always leaves his bag for the young ones in the house!

 Wow! A scope... I wonder just how Santa knew exactly what scope Mike wanted!

 Tools!!

 Brandon definitely needed a first aid kit.... no more duck tape band aids at work!!

 Mmmmm snacks!!

 Some of the loot!!

 We are SO excited!

Yep... excited alright!!! Fun Christmas morning!

Now in just a little while we will do some Skypeing!!!

Christmas Eve evening

Christmas Eve was an eventful day... but the main event was the annual Christmas eve adult party... This actually only officially started last year. My brother is always here visiting and we have done different things on Christmas eve for entertainment but came up with this idea last year to have an adult party while everyone else is home with kids getting ready for Santa and the reindeer.

 The guests were greeted by Mikes major award.... the sign that this was for adults (HA!... I thought it was a cute idea!)!

 It must be an important party cuz I got out the milk glass dishes and gold silverware!! We have a steak dinner, with shrimp cocktail and sparkling cider

 Everyone is SO excited!!

 THEN.... when dinner is over.... we get out a pile of gifts! (cost was NOT an object... or was it ... objects did NOT cost... anyway.... there were gifts!)

 Yep... we got out the Christmas snacks too!

 Then we played the left center right or right left center ... game!!!

 Some people had all the luck....

 Hmmmm.... others not so lucky....

 But after about 20 rounds, everyone had valuable prizes to enjoy!!

What a fun evening! I think we partied til almost Eleven!!! Woo Hoo!!!