Our Holiday Weeks

 We have really been enjoying the three week break that Blake had between semesters.  We have tried to catch up on some movies we have wanted to see and had a lot of lazy mornings.  Our Christmas weekend started out on the 23rd with our annual sleep under the Christmas tree.  We had our homemade pizza dinner. I made a fajita pizza for everyone again.  It is a hit at our house. Unfortunately Blake had to close that night so he came when he got off and had to be back up and to work by 9.  We all crowded into the family room and sleep under the floor that the tree was on because there was no way to fit us in the living room anymore.  The next morning my mom feed us all red velvet cake for breakfast.  She had promised Blake the cake for his awesome grades so she made sure he got some before work.

While Blake was at work, Kenlee and I went with my family to visit my Aunt Debbie in Preston.  She has several horses so she took Kenlee out to see them and even convinced her to ride one with her.  It was pretty cool considering the last time we had her near a horse she wouldn't even pet it.  It was so good to visit with there family.  Our Christmas Eve tradition is to spend the evening with Blake's family.  First we had a homemade pork salads for dinner.  Then we all watched The Muppet Christmas Carol which was way fun.  After the movie Brian read the Christmas Story from the bible.  Then we opened some presents since they won't see us on Christmas.  Kenlee loved to open the "parties"(that's what she calls presents).

After we got home from Blake's parents house we opened our Christmas PJ's.  Kenlee loved her hot coco jammies.

 Blake and I just did pj pants because we have so many t-shirts and they're the most comfortable to sleep in.

 Christmas morning was pretty casual for us.  We decided to not have Santa come til after we went to Church, so we just spent the morning getting ready.  This is Kenlee's new dress.

After church Kenlee and Daddy went in to her bedroom to get out of her dress and Santa came while they played.  She was confused and excited.  I had been telling her for days that she could not open her presents til Christmas and because she didn't know when that would be she was sure it was a trick that the presents were spread out.  After she realized it was truly ok to open them she went CRAZY and opened every present she could get her hands on including some of Daddy and Mommys. It was pretty cute and as parents we really weren't too upset that we didn't get to unwrap them.  She will have to share better next year with sister though.

After we had opened all our gifts we went over to my parents house for more gifts and a wonderful dinner with the family.One of the fun gifts that my family got was the WII game Wipe Out.  We spent the night taking turns playing and laughing at the hilarious game. It was so fun to spend time with all our families this holiday seasons.

Another fun thing we have done during the holiday was bowling.  Blake's sister was still up for the holiday and decided they were going bowling so they invited us.  If I hadn't been so big around the middle I would have played but instead I was the cheer leader.  Kenlee got to play her first round of bowling and she loved it.

She even got to play with a purple ball.  She did pretty good for her first time and being so excited.  She got a 84.

We spent New Years Eve in Idaho with all my extended family on my mom side.  It was so good to see them.  I hadn't been up to see everyone for months.  We had soup and desserts for  lunch and then everyone played games or shot hoops.  It was so fun but I was silly and did not get my camera out to record the activities.

We are so sad to have the free time with Blake coming to an end but it has been so nice to have him around and thanks to his wonderful motivation we have gotten a lot of projects done in between the playing too.  Next project, the girls bedroom........