It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year... and the Busiest!!!!

We had a full house for Christmas break, and lots of things to keep us busy.  The first event was Tyler, Jared and Nathan's school Holiday Concert. The boys were lucky enough to have 2 sets of grandparents there, Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Heather and Papa and Grandma Susan. It was a great kick start to Christmas Break! Jared's baptism was on the 17th of December. So many wonderful friends and family came to share that day with us and we are so grateful for that. Papa and Grandma Susan came from New Mexico and Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Heather came from New Jersey. Nana wanted to come from Idaho but it is a busy time of year for the bridal business! She was in our thoughts and Jared sure enjoyed talking to her about his special day! A lot of our friends came over for dinner after the baptism and then we headed down the street to visit with Santa! As you can see in one of the pictures Savannah Gardner was NOT thrilled to be taking a picture with Santa!!

Papa and Grandma Susan weren't able to stay and celebrate Christmas with us, but Grandma, Grandpa and Heather were. Nate was able to wear his pajamas the last day of school before break and made a Gingerbread House with Grandma and Grandpa. He was pretty excited to show his grandparents and his Daddy his classroom and friends! Santa was very good to us this year... he better be careful because he is setting quite the standard for Christmas gifts! Derrick got his "DS" (a leapster 2), Jared got a lot of Beyblade accessories, Tyler got a HUGE Star Wars ship, and Nathan got a really neat Spy Set. Freddie got me an amazing sculpture of Christ called The Christus. It was nice to have a Christmas on a Sunday so that we could recover from all the work it took to get ready for it!

For New Years we headed to the sand dunes, and looked forward to showing Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Heather how we celebrate the new year. We had a ton of great food, great company, and great weather! Tyler and Jared both learned how to drive their dad's powerful quad, and went on rides with the grown-ups.

The boys spent dawn til dusk on the tracks and going on rides with the grown-ups, and then had a great time by the fire at night.  We loved sitting in our camp chairs by the fire and staring at the countless stars above our heads! I don't think we could have had a better time celebrating Christmas and New Years. We made memories we will cherish forever!