{ In Picture Re-cap}
{{ the longest BLOG post ever}}
We are now more then midway through Jan. and I have already not met my [partial] New Year's resolution...(partial, because I knew that it probably would never happen)
New Year partial resolution... "TRY" not procrastinating. Whatever...it's overrated.
So, in true Debbie form, it is Jan 18th and I am posting a photo recap of our Christmas holiday.
My New Year's Resolution will be back on tomorrow.
I had to work until 3PM. (Why do people have babies on Christmas Eve anyway?)
The boys made a Gingerbread house...(correction) They ate a lot of candy and made a gingerbread house with what was left.
Everyone tucked into bed....fast asleep. Mom and Dad were going to be tired in the morning. We said goodnight at 2AM.
Mitchell checking out his stocking. Davis trying out his new tools
The perfect Christmas mess. What is Christmas without everything everywhere. Grammy and Carl spent Christmas morning with us.
...and Mitchell who dressed himself for the day of yard work. How can you not love this?
We fit in some time for a little friendly game of miniature golf. Kyle and Brent had a "serious" game of golf. Brent and Chelsey tied for first, Kyle with second. Best putt of the day....hole-in-1 on #16. We all jumped up and down for him.
Almost every night, we played games.
My brother and his family came from California for New Year's
Lauren and Alexa were so much fun to have here.
Since New Year's, the boys have told me over and over "I like those cousins"
We surprised the kids with a huge bounce house in the backyard. The kids had a blast. We had it for 4 days...it was worth every cent.
Look at these happy little faces. They all spent hours in there..laughing and giggling. Davis and Mitchell thought that we needed to have a bounce house like this all the time. I wish.
Then it was finally time to prepare for the big night. All the guys were itching to do their traditional firework preparation.
...this thing pops for 30 minutes straight...loud, loud, loud...did I mention how LOUD it is.
My brother said, "it's so stupid it's funny."
This is always very entertaining to watch.
The Bon-fire... essential part of the evening!
My sister and Amy trying to stay warm around the fire. Kyle laughing with my brother.
This is the photographic proof that I am a loser. The first New Years that I was going to let the boys stay up until midnight. I had it all planned out....Play in the bounce house all day...get all energy out...late nap around 3-4 pm. Perfect plan to help the boys stay up, right? Well, it would have been the perfect plan if I would have not lost track of time. It was dinner time the next time I looked at my watch...no nap. BUMMER. By 10:30, Mitchell could not stand it another minute. When I put him in bed, he said to me, " Mommy it is going to be a long time till the next New Years...till I can see all the pretty fireworks. Can you take a picture of it for me so I can remember?" I am a loser....I have failed as the cool, let your kid stay up till midnight Mom!
Picture ..so he can remember. I feel so bad.
We all had a blast New Year's Eve. All the people we love the most in the world, together to bring in 2009. (note to self...get pictures of everyone next time)
One last thing we wanted to do is get pictures of all the cousins together on my side of the family. We all live so far apart, we had to take advantage of the opportunity.
1 comment:
The cousin photos are just AWESOME! So before you go, I need you to take family photos one more time. Will pay you and process them myself!!!
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