Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Tis' the Season to be Jolly!

I just love this time of year!! We did a lot of fun things this December to help celebrate Christmas. From parties, to parades, to concerts, to gift exchanges, to baking, to decorating gingerbread houses, to parades, to visiting Santa's work shop, to caroling, to buying presents, to decorating, to hanging up lights and decorating the tree we had a very busy and fun December!! Hard to believe that Christmas has now come and gone but luckily the fun is not over yet. We are enjoying time with Matt and Camie's family, Andy home from work for more than a week, playing lots of games with the kids, going to museums, sledding and trying to keep a little order in our house. This is a great time of year!!



We had Matt and Camie's family over for Christmas Eve along with the missionaries who were darling with the kids. They were good sports to join in all the activities we had planned. We had a great dinner, a talent show, the kids had fun doing chimes, acting out the Nativity, opening PJ's from grandma and grandpa, reading christams stories and singing. The kids were sooooo excited and we found Lydia and Lucy tracking Santa's every move on the computer. It was a fun night and is the best night for putting kids to bed. They are so willing to go to bed!! Ha!






We were up by 7:00 and off to church by 9:40. It turned out to be a great day. The kids opened Santa gifts and stockings. Then we enjoyed a yummy breakfast and played with some of the new toys and after church came home to finish opening presents. This year Santa brought Lucy and Ethan bikes, Lucas got a tool box and tools, and Jane got a kitchen set. Santa also brought a basketball hoop to us. They were really excited! Matt and Camie came back for dinner and stayed the night! We had a wonderful day!! And if you can believe it, we didn't have a white Christmas!!!


Our guests for the weekend!! This picture is funny because Camie really wanted a picture of their family but Clayton really wanted to get in his PJ's once he got to our house Christmas night. So he came to his picture with his sweater vest over his PJ's.

6 comments:

Camie said...

I love that we have shared so much of this Christmas with you guys! It has been a fun and memorable holiday, for sure!

Elizabeth said...

What a great Christmas!! Everything sounds so fun, especially having Matt and Camie and not traveling! Also, I think this is the most I've seen of your home, it's so nice!!! I love it!

Sara said...

Merry Christmas Stansels! I loved reading all the updates! Give the kids a squeeze for me.

libia said...

feliz navidad familia .....stansels que preciosas fotos sabes me fui lejos con siria el veintisiete al amazonas indigenas pemon fue muy lindo manana coloco algo en face en su idioma fui a la iglesia y tambien se vistieron como moises jesus y maria solo que no entendi nada era en su lengua indigena

libia said...

hoy es dia de los reyes magos mañana todos los niños felices con regalos yo estoy feliz de ver tu hijos faltas tu

Jenner said...

hey! i love the pic of jane opening a present and lucy looking on excited! so cute! also i think we have the same chairs as you with the x on the back, we have ours in our dinning room. looks like a great holiday!