Christmas Fun!

This year, we drove to Kansas for Christmas. We decided to take our time and make it a two-day drive. I packed a bag of books and another of toys for the kids. We had wrapped presents ready for them to open if times got tough. We even borrowed a DVD player and were armed with Bob the Builder movies!  The boys did great in the car--playing, reading and singing. We didn't get the DVD player out once--going or coming home!  We weren't sure how they would do sleeping in a hotel, but they did very well. We could do a trip like this again and are looking forward to it this summer!

We had almost 200 pictures and videos from last week, but here are a few of the highlights.

When I was growing up, the cousins would all get together at Grandma's house to decorate cookies for Christmas.  This year, we got to pass along the tradition to Eli, Micah, and their cousin, Nevaeh.

 

 Micah and Eli got to play Wii with Nana. 

(We never let them touch ours, so they had a great time!)

 

The boys love to help in the kitchen, especially when it involves smashing something like these sweet potatoes!

It snowed just a little bit on Christmas Eve. 

Micah (right) and Eli kept trying to wipe the snowflakes off their coats.

Our Texas boys weren't impressed with how cold snow is and were "all done snow" very quickly! 

The snow was cold, so it was nice to have an excuse to stay inside--like our 3-week old niece, Amory.

Opening presents was a lot of fun on Christmas morning. 

Here, Eli is showing Papa the laughing monkey he got. 

Micah also loved his laughing monkey.
(These two monkeys were a lot of fun on our car ride home. It's hard to be cranky when two monkeys are laughing hysterically. )

The boys got Tonka trucks for their new sand box, complete with hard hats "like Bob the Builder!"

They were using their new bowling pins as hammers.

On our way home, we stopped at Braum's for a little ice cream. The boys loved it!

When we got home, Paul and I put together the boys' trikes. 

The trikes are a little big, but Paul solved that problem.

(Look closely at the boys' feet!)

Micah

 

Eli

 Aunt Rebecca and Uncle Mark sent this awesome new tool bench!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

 We celebrated Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Cheney earlier this week. The boys loved opening presents with their new saws. They now saw everything in the house! :-)