Random photos from our Christmas Holiday... Jeff's mom has been in town w. us and we are enjoying her visit so much! my mom stopped by a few times as well. Both Grammy and Grandma are pictured here playing "rockband" with boys... Santa brought rockband for our Wii.on Christmas Eve day morning, Santa left gingerbread houses under the small tree outside the boys room - and then on Christmas Eve, Santa dropped off new jammies for the whole family, including Grandma (our family tradition... new jammies on Christmas Eve!)
The white candles are a new family tradition, also dropped off @ our house just before mid-December. We borrowed this idea from another family and it been a big hit... there are 12 candles., each night we light the first candle and one additional candle or each day thereafter for the twelve days of Christmas. each night as the candle are lit during dinner - we shut off all lights and electronics... laptops, tv's , ipods, phones, etc... and we all talk about something(s) we are thankful for THAT day... we also talk about the true meaning of Christmas.. The family loved this idea. The boys took turns lighting the candles (each family member a diff night) and we also took turns blowing them out. It really helped us to pause and think about the true meaning of the holidays, when we can get so busy and stressed out during this season...
We all have really enjoyed having Sherry here - all of us getting special time with her! We have been playing... laughing, crying, baking, cooking and eating alot!
The boys got mountain bikes for Christmas this year - and they went on their first "Mountain Bike" ride w. Dad last night... in the MUD! you can't tell from the photo but they were covered in MUD... they were soaked.. and they loved every minute of it... the smiles and stories went on late into the night.... best investment.. next - I will be getting a mountain bike so I can join them!
They have one more week off.. Jeff is also of work this week - I will be working Mon-Wed this week. Sherry goes home tomorrow and we are sad to see her go...
We had 20+ People @ our house Christmas Eve for spaghetti dinner.. it was alot of fun! Christmas day Night we went to Sue's for dinner - and more gift exchanging with our family. we are beyond blessed...
We all went to see the movies last night (The Day the Earth Stood Still) with my mom and Jeff's mom.. after the movie we stopped off to have some Gelato.. yumo! The movie was good. I am the only one besides my mom who saw the original.... movie was ok... kids loved it!
We received so many wonderul cards, gifts and sentiments from our family and friends, really to numerous to mention without accidently forgetting someone, we are so blessed, i know i said that before, but it is so true...
We are spending New years eve @ home - relaxing and enjoying each other.... {maybe}
