Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. On Christmas Eve day we went to Sean's grandparents house in Stone, Idaho. It was SUPER fun. All of Sean's family was there, his grandparents, an aunt and uncle and their boys from California, and an aunt and uncle and their boys from Las Vegas. Brooklyn LOVES playing with these boys and they love playing with her too. Brooklyn loved playing outside and riding on the 4-Wheeler. We had so much fun up there that I only took 3 picutres. We came home and caught the tail-end of the Maughan-Wright party it was fun to see family there that I hadn't seen in awhile. We came and the girls opened their Christmas jammies and Santa visited us that night. We had a fun Christmas morning at our house and the gals enjoyed opening their presents. We had a spectacular breakfast at Ric and Paula's and then headed to Sean's parents house. We got to open more presents there (and again I didn't take a single picture) Sean's mom made the girls a pillow using a square from a quilt her grandma had given her. They are really neat and I am going to get a picture with her and the girls with the pillows. We then went and visited Sean's grandma at Legacy House. Then it was time for our final destination, my parents house. It was all my siblings year at the in-laws for Christmas Eve so my parents had prepared a lovely dinner and all my siblings and their spouses and the Anderson's were there. It started snowing at about 4:00 and by 9:00 there was a foot of snow. It was fun a bunch of people got geared up and went to play and shovel in the snow. Brooklyn was complaining of her stomach hurting and just kinda laying around- finally she puked and didn't stop until 2 in the morning. The nasty flu also hit Sean, my dad, and me. It was snowing so bad and Sean and Brooklyn were sick that we ended up staying at my parents house that night. And me and the gals also stayed Friday night and my parents took care of Gracie and Brooklyn for me while I was sick. Thanks mom and dad- you are the best!! It is Sunday and I am still trying to get over it. It was a lousy way to spend Christmas night- but other than that we had a great Christmas!! (Looking through my pictures i realized that I didn't hardly take any at any event we went to. I will have to do better! :)

The drive to Stone was Gracie's first time sitting forward. She loved it!

Our family

Brooklyn and Uncle Kerry (he took her for a ride and even let her drive- she thought it was great! They make such a fuss over Brooklyn- she loves them a ton!)

Christmas Jammies (pretty sad this is the best picture I got of both of them- They were not cooperating with me taking a picture.)

Christmas morning- Brooklyn got a Leapster (Santa had a hard time with her this year because whenever she was asked what she wanted she said, "everything!" and meant it. Grace is in zombie mode- we woke her up and she was still pretty tired.)

This was what we saw when we opened my parents front door

Chels and Brooklyn look so cute as do Brian and Brett.

When they were looking for snow gear for everyone they ran across these old snowmobiling helmets- that are at least 30 years old if not older.