Noon Year's Eve

We rarely stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve, but just because Jeff and I are party poopers, it doesn't mean our boys should miss out. One of the big things now is "Noon Year's Eve". Celebrations at noon for the kids. We went to the one at the Living Planet Aquarium today and took Noah and Shayne along for the ride.

Sledding

We finally got some good snow (on Christmas!) and decided we needed to make use of it. Ten minutes into our adventure, Aidan face planted it and got a bloody nose. Awesome. But over all it was a lot of fun. We did have one of our sleds stolen, so I didn't get to sled, but it was still fun.

Christmas at Mom's

Christmas Morning!

It's Christmas!! The boys both got the gifts at the top of their lists and bacon and eggs to top it off before heading to mom's.

A few thoughts...

This Christmas has been different from the last few years. Everyone has been in good mental/physical health, everyone has been employed at a good job. It is the first year I haven't stressed at Christmas and I have enjoyed it so much. The month has passed quickly but smoothly. The boys have been happy. Now looking at what we have been able to do for the boys and the stress free month I have had, I am able to just sit and be thankful. It really has been a great year.

Christmas Eve

Aunt Jane and Uncle Ted were in town for Christmas, so we went to Grandma's for a lovely pot roast dinner and Christmas bingo! Aidan wasn't feeling well so when we got home, they opened their gifts from Uncle Michael and headed to bed. I slept downstairs with them and actually slept about 2 full hours. I was so excited. so uncomfortable...but I loved it!

Nana and Gramps

Nana and Gramps came to visit the week before Christmas. The day they flew in was also the night of Aidan's school Christmas Choir concert (in which he killed it!). They also took the boys to a movie and we had "Christmas" early with them to exchange gifts as well. It was a really great visit!

Ward Christmas Party

Now normally, I would not post pictures of our ward Christmas party, however, I (well, Jeff and I) were in charge of the party! I totally didn't stress (until I found out the table cloths were not enough to cover them...) and had so much fun. I got a lot of compliments from people in the ward too. I was pretty darn proud of myself! I made the awesome "Christmas" sign , we had a kids area in the overflow with a movie and Santa Letters they could write. There was a Chili cook-off which brought in about 15 pots of chili, cornbread and Christmas cookies. Our ward is amazing and totally stepped it up for the party. Hardly anyone came empty handed.

Thanksgiving

This post is out of order! Dang it :) Oh well. Thanksgiving was awesome. As always.My favorite meal of the year without a doubt. Grandma was there along with Uncle Don, and all the other usual suspects. We even had a little concert by the amazingly talented Uncle Don (yes, that's his stage name).