Here's what makes the world go round!!: 2010

Monday, December 27, 2010

Merry Christmas part 2

The best part about the holidays is family getting together and of course the food!!! Thanks to Marilyn, Steph and Leisha for basically doing all of the Christmas cooking. It was all delicious!!!!

Well with 7 out of 10 cousins sleeping under the same roof on Christmas Eve--it made for a Christmas to remember!!! At least we got to sleep in till 7 am this year. Last year Elina was up at 6 cuz she was so excited!!! Ryan barricaded the stairs to make all the kids wait until everything was ready. It was a wonderful time to be with family!!! and Tyler is now finally being initiated into the realm of superheroes and vikings :)

Christmas Eve

It's been several years since we were all together for Christmas so we celebrated the holiday eve by going to the Brick Oven for dinner and then holding our first annual Christmas Eve program :) The kids did a great job!!! Then papa read us his christmas message "Teach the Children" and PJ elf even found all of us together and dropped off some jami's.

Gardner Village

We welcome our Texas family to UT for Christmas and this was the first time that Elina and her cousin Olivia met. We also took all the kids to Gardner Village to participate in their little elf hunt. Too bad that by the time we were done the candy shop where we were supposed to get free candy after the hunt had closed ten min earlier and refused to open their doors for our 10 kids but swept up their floors instead!!! Where's the Christmas Spirit?!!

Dear Santa...

So we saw Santa a couple of times before Christmas. Tyler kept talking about a race track for weeks and weeks, so we were so confused when he told Santa he wanted a "choo choo"--what the? The next time he saw Santa he told him about the race track. Elina is growing up way too fast--she asked Santa for jewelry, "real" jewelry. Then at preschool when she saw Santa she asked him for "squishies". When I asked her what that was she couldn't describe them and just said "I'll show you when Santa brings them to me!!" Whoa!!!!--good thing she told me that her friend Adi had them so at least I could find out what they were. And Maija?...she didn't even cry--the first one of my babies to sit on Santa's lap and not scream her head off. Way to go babe!!

Temple Square

We got to sit in the tabernacle to hear David Archuleta and the Mo-Tab Choir's Christmas concert and I have to say it was excellent. What a great way to feel the Christmas spirit :)