Christmas Eve

We love parties, in fact, we love parties so much that this is our third party in four days.  But there isn't a better way to celebrate the holidays than to share it with friends and family.  Tonight's Christmas Eve party was held at our house and JoAnn was kind enough to provide the food.  It is always so fun to have Tyler, Brooke and family, Kim and Darlene, Marci and Lyman, Grandma Loraine, Darcy, Dillon and Shyanne, Rod and JoAnn, and Jeremy and I's family.  Lot of people, make of a lot of fun.  It was a bonus this year for us too, because Eric and Jennalee got done in Richfield in time to join us for part of the evening. 

 

 

And a party wouldn't be a party if we weren't able to experience some sort of wrestling match on the front room floor.  What started out with Krew and Trey messing around, led to getting Grandpa Rod involved!  Lots and lots of laughs!

 

 



After the big shin dig at our house, all of the little kids wanted to head to Grandpa and Grandma's house to unwrap their Christmas Eve presents.  This is a long time tradition that the kids look forward too, so its good Grandma JoAnn is there to take care of all of us!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The kids had so much fun trying to get a glimpse of Santa as he flew in the air.  Little glimpse's here and there just made the anticipation of Santa that much more magical. 

 

 

What a cute group of kids, all sporting their new pj's for Christmas.

 

After the unwrapping at Grandpa and Grandma's, we came back home to get all nestled in.  The kids were anxious for Christmas morning, so it didn't take much convincing to get them all ready for

bed.  As always, we have to make sure everything is ready for Santa to come before we are able to lay down and try and get some sleep.

 

 

 

The stockings were hung over the chimney with care, in hope that St. Nick will soon be here.  The cookies, carrots, and milk were all set out for Santa, thanks to Ally and Lottie.  The kids were so excited and would hardly wait for Christmas to finally be here.

 

 

 

Every Christmas since we have been in our house, we have made the kids share a room on Christmas Eve.  It's been easier to have them sleep in Lottie's room so we don't have them snooping down to see the front room before Jeremy and I are awake.  This works out good because they are able to wake up and come get us up when its morning.  Sure hope they get to sleep tonight, there is a lot of excitement in this little room!

 

Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!

Anderson Family Christmas Party

 

With Christmas quickly approaching, it seems like there is party after party.  The Anderson Family Party was just the beginning of our week full of fun for our little family.  This year JoAnn was in charge, which meant we were able to stay here in town.  The food was great and the company was so fun.  Our kids love to hang out with all their cousins, and for a party of this size, there are a lot of cousins to hang out with!  And the best part, is that we are able to celebrate with our Great Grandma Loraine.  She is a great example of love and we feel fortunate to spend the holidays with her.

 

This year JoAnn had requested that each family participate in performing some kind of talent.  So after we ate, we were able to enjoy so much talent from all the cousins.  There were piano playing, violins, singing, dancing, and gymnastics.  It was so fun to see all the kids show off.  McKenna and Trey each played their Christmas piece on the piano.    After the talents, we moved to the present exchange.  Luckily, the kids all ended with something they liked, well except for Trey, he got play dough!!!  McKenna played with the adults and even though I didn't get a picture of her, she was thrilled with her new popcorn popper.

 

Shyanne and McKenna

 

Elle Anderson, Allyson, and Lottie



Trey and Ryker

Gunnison 5th Ward Christmas Party

Seeing Santa in one thing that my kids have looked forward to this year.  Even though we saw the guy in the red suit a couple weeks ago, sitting on his lap never gets old.  Luckily, I was able to get a picture of all four kids with him today, which makes it fun to look back over the years and see how much they have grown.

 

 

 

 

After dinner, the primary kids put on their annual Christmas program.  This year Trey played the part of Samual the Lamanite, Allyson was an angel and Lottie was a lamb.

Lottie and a few other of the so called lambs were pretty funny before the program started.  They sat there so good on stage patiently waiting for the other to get ready, when one of them starting to make baa noises.  So to get three or four of them doing that all together, was pretty funny!

It was such a cute program and the kids did such an excellent job.  This was such a cute reminder of the true meaning of Christmas.

Making Their Lists . . .

The kids and I spent the afternoon watching the movie The Polar Express at the theatre as part of the start of our holiday celebration.  Afterwards, we went home and bundled up for the light parade. Ally and Lottie were both so excited to get their letters written for Santa Claus because he was coming to the park after the light parade.  So between the movie and the light parade, these two hurry and put their wish lists together. 

 

McKenna and Trey did not make their lists when it was time so sit on Santa's lap.  However, Hiccup our elf requested a letter from them so he could take it back to Santa.  So these two quickly jotted down their wish list for this year!