Christmas started out on the 21st when we celebrated Christmas with my family. After presents we went out to breakfast at Tam's Place in Pullman. If you haven't been there you should really try it. Tam is amazing and completely doted on the two little boys. They thought she was great. That night we headed out to Colfax to celebrate "Christmas Eve" with Ammon's family. We then drove home to only go back the next morning for Mills family Christmas. His family is significantly larger than mine, there were 18 of us in total, we were only missing two. The kids were the highlight of Christmas, all the little girls were fun to watch as they opened their gifts and whoever else's presents they could get their hands on. This day was also our anniversary, which needless to say we had to celebrate on another day. The boys topped off the evening with a little Xbox 360. We took a break after this for a few days and then found ourselves celebrating the real Christmas Eve in my parents garage packing boxes...fun I know. We had a nontraditional Christmas Eve dinner of shrimp scampi on TV trays in the living room. Although it was different than any other Christmas Eve I have ever had, it was fun to do something different. Christmas was low key as well. There were only the 5 of us: my mom and dad, Ammon and I, and Kent. The big thrills came watching Mom and Dad open gifts from each other. They were both pretty spoiled. It was a very tiring and busy Christmas WEEK, but we loved spending so much time with family. We hope you all had a great Christmas season celebrating the birth of our Savior. Sorry for such a long post and so many pictures, it was a lot easier to do one post as opposed to 3.
The boys opening their gifts.
The boys on the "thinking chairs" Grandma and Grandpa got them, although they are supposed to be used for time outs, I think they ended up being more of a toy than anything. Kent is constantly using his to reach things otherwise out of reach.
Kent and Cade checking out Cade's big present, boy does that kid love basketball.
Grandma moving the show along by helping Kent open his present.
One of the big thrills of the day was putting matchbox cars in this soda box.
Reading a book still in its box.
The older Mills cousins decorating (and eating) cookies.
The girls helping Grandma open her KitchenAid mixer, she has been without one since her house burned down two years ago. She was so happy she was crying.
Cousin Keaton is not so sure if he likes Kent and Lacey playing with his toy.
Kent finding a new use for Grandpa's new tool box, a perfect place to hide Puppy and Blanket...
and then take a nap with them.
Happy 3 year anniversary to us!
The Barbie laptop was a big hit, go figure.
All the cousins lined up ready for stockings.
Playing with his new tractor
Listening to dad's music, the scar on his head was from falling on a dog food can in the garage "helping" me pack boxes.
These last two are the only pictures I got from Christmas #3. Here Kent is tired of all the celebrations and just happy to cuddle with Grandma.
3 comments:
I bet you're glad to be getting settled in and ready to relax!
Oh that last picture is the sweetest. Thank heaven then sleep and are so precious when doing so. Makes some of those days all worth it!!
In that picture with his headphones he looks more like Ammon than I've ever seen before! It was great to see you over break. Thanks for being such a great friend. Love you girlie. :)
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