Winter & Christmas Fun

So a friend of ours that lives up in Diamond Valley invited us up there for the day to play in the snow. It was so much fun. We got to throw some snowballs, go sledding and tubing and just enjoy the snow. It was a fun day!

Christmas
We had such a good Christmas this year! It was so fun with the kids being older to understand about Santa Claus and being able to put cookies out for him and stuff.. They were so excited about their presents and him coming, we had a blast. So my sister in law thought it would be fun to do a family Christmas party since they wouldn't be around for Christmas eve. So we all got together on Monday night before Christmas and had dinner, games, gift exchange, and just a lot of fun.
Then on Christmas Eve, we all went to my parents house and had dinner, played cards & pool, and had a little Christmas program. Dallyn, my niece and Corbin my nephew sang a song, then I read a little story and my dad finished it off with the classic Christmas story we read every year. Let me also say that when we all discussed this evening, we all said we would come wearing our christmas pj's. Which with Scott and I is a tradition anyways. So we both wore our matching pj's and Layla and Isaiah matched their pj's. We showed up and no one else had worn their pj's! We felt like idiots. But at least we matched and looked very Christmasy!! Not sure if thats a word, if not I just made it up. We then came home and put out the milk and cookies for santa and put the kids to bed.
We had Santa come visit and the next morning, Scott and I woke up the kids at 8 am since we had breakfast to go to at 10 am at my sisters house. So we got them up and they were exhausted until they saw what Santa had brought them and just had a blast opening all their presents! They loved all their gifts and we were so excited to see how they reacted.

We then went to breakfast at my sisters house and she made us some yummy monte cristo's. First time having them, so not sure whats all in them. We then went back home for a bit and played with all our new toys. Then we went to my mom's house to open presents there and then had all the family come over and had a delicious turkey dinner! It was so good!! My favorite! We then relaxed, played games, and hung out as a family. Overall it was a great holiday! We are so thankful for our family and friends and all they do for us. Hope everyone had a great Christmas like we did!!!
I also forgot to tell about the new addition to our family....

Yes.. its what you think it is... a chicken.. About four days ago this little guy showed up in our backyard and hasn't left. Of course we felt bad about it so we started feeding him and provided him with a little shelter in the backyard. Not quite the pet I was hoping for, but its the easiest to take care of. He likes to sleep on the barbecue at night and roam around in the backyard during the day. Funny huh? Haven't quite figured out a name for him yet...