...Christmas Eve
*Same as ever, spent time last minute shopping with my mama, while the boys participated in the annual Divis family golf tournament. My Uncle Bill was so excited this year because my dad couldn't play! He was having some weird pain and couldn't lift or really twist anything, so that gave Bill's side a huge advantage! My unlce even chose Kyan to put for his team, my dad had to put for the team he would have normally played on! Kyan was the only person to make a birdie put the entire day!
*After golf, we enjoyed one of my Aunt Jan's famous italian meals, lasagna this year with my cousins and thier kids! This is the one time of year that most of us get together so it is nice to hang out with them. My cousin bob has two girls, Abby and Amy and both girls had fun with my kids! Kyan could play hours with Abby and Amy was finally able to hold Lola, once Lola was use to her!
*Opened presents and headed home to open more presents with my parents, as it has always been our tradition to open Christmas Eve. Kyan's favorite present of the night had to have been the camera that he got from my parents, while Lola's was her new cell phone! 
Kyan was sipping some hot cocoa before we opened presents! Sporting some new jammies!
Kyan was sipping some hot cocoa before we opened presents! Sporting some new jammies!
...Early Christmas morning
*Santa had left presents for Kyan, Chad, and Lola! Guess mommy wasn't that good this year? Ha! A sewing machine is in my future, but Santa wants me to pick out the one that I want! (I am taking suggestions if anyone has any! Need it to do the basics, but would want it to have some baby blanket making abilities too!)
Kyan got a new game for the wii - Star Wars Lightsaber Duel and a Lightsaber that attaches to the wii! It ends up making the controller to heavy for him to use, so he goes without it now, Lola got a new teether for all 6 of her teeth trying to make their appearance at the same time (YIKES!), and Chad got some money for his Lola tattoo! To see the look on Kyan's face was priceless Christmas morning! He went to the couch like any other morning and was still sleepy, but then looked to his right, looked at me, then looked again realizing just what was sitting next to him! It was so cute!
...Late Christmas morning
*This year was like any other that Chad and I and our kids have celebrated this year, we hosted Christmas! I had spent the past few days cooking up homeade Spagettii and Meatballs (my aunt Jan's recipe that she so kindly taught me several years ago). Italian two days in a row, I know, but the menu was different at least! There is a lot of work that goes into this meal as well, and I only make it maybe twice a year, then we just stick to Prego! Sad but true! We started off with Chad's dads side of the family, who unfortunately couldn't stick around for dinner. We still had a blast and the kids and us recieved many great presents!
...New Year's Eve
*We spent it at home playing the Wii as a family, Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party! That is my favorite game ever to play on that thing, but I don't get to play it much as Lola always needs something, this year, she joined in on our party!
...New Year's day
*Spent a lazy day at home in jammies! Watched a few episodes of Heros Season 2 and finished reading the Twilight Series (one I will post about later - as it deserves its own), and HGTV!
Hope that everyone has a fabulous 2009! Happy New Year!
*Santa had left presents for Kyan, Chad, and Lola! Guess mommy wasn't that good this year? Ha! A sewing machine is in my future, but Santa wants me to pick out the one that I want! (I am taking suggestions if anyone has any! Need it to do the basics, but would want it to have some baby blanket making abilities too!)
Kyan got a new game for the wii - Star Wars Lightsaber Duel and a Lightsaber that attaches to the wii! It ends up making the controller to heavy for him to use, so he goes without it now, Lola got a new teether for all 6 of her teeth trying to make their appearance at the same time (YIKES!), and Chad got some money for his Lola tattoo! To see the look on Kyan's face was priceless Christmas morning! He went to the couch like any other morning and was still sleepy, but then looked to his right, looked at me, then looked again realizing just what was sitting next to him! It was so cute!
...Late Christmas morning*This year was like any other that Chad and I and our kids have celebrated this year, we hosted Christmas! I had spent the past few days cooking up homeade Spagettii and Meatballs (my aunt Jan's recipe that she so kindly taught me several years ago). Italian two days in a row, I know, but the menu was different at least! There is a lot of work that goes into this meal as well, and I only make it maybe twice a year, then we just stick to Prego! Sad but true! We started off with Chad's dads side of the family, who unfortunately couldn't stick around for dinner. We still had a blast and the kids and us recieved many great presents!
*Then onto lunch around 2. Chad's moms side of the family came over after their phone call with my sister-in-law, Kristen! She is serving her mission in Paraguay and is allowed to call twice a year, Christmas being one of them. Because we were hosting, we had to miss the call, but sent our love her way! Despite burning the bread, not once, but twice (you would have thought that I would have learned my lesson) the meal was great! Before we ate, we broke our Christmas Crackers (an English thing and my mother-in-law is English), and wore our crowns! Something we have done every year! Kyan's cracked me up! Then it was round three of presents! Where, again, everyone recieved such nice things!
Lola's face says it all! We were pooped by the end of the day!
Lola's face says it all! We were pooped by the end of the day!...New Year's Eve
*We spent it at home playing the Wii as a family, Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party! That is my favorite game ever to play on that thing, but I don't get to play it much as Lola always needs something, this year, she joined in on our party!
...New Year's day
*Spent a lazy day at home in jammies! Watched a few episodes of Heros Season 2 and finished reading the Twilight Series (one I will post about later - as it deserves its own), and HGTV!
Hope that everyone has a fabulous 2009! Happy New Year!
2 comments:
i didn't realize you had so much family on your side that lived here. at first i thought that you were talking about NE. aunts, uncles, and cousins? i thought they were all in NE. looks like you guys had a good time. i kept the babies at home this year too. i think it's only fair to them. until they're not babies anymore, the fam can come to us if they wanna see them, you know?
i just finished 3rd in the series, and gave in to the idea of yet again paying the ridiculous hardcover price for #4, so i went to walmart and they were sold out! i have to find somewhere else today, maybe a different walmart.
Awww the fun of the holidays!! Looks like you had a house full of fun. Kyan is so cute to see with his presents. He is such a little boy now, it's crazy! I can't wait til Jay has just as much fun. I love the pic of Lo exhausted on Grandma! That's how I felt too ;)
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