Merry Christmas 2012

Tyson getting his "Drink On" during the
Holidays.

     The best part about being a school teacher is getting time off with the wife and kids. A 2 week break from school with nothing to do but hang out and eat. Good Times!!! School ended on the 21st of December so there was not a lot of time to finish off the shopping before the big day approached.

     My holidays started with my regular Christmas trip to Lethbridge with Jeff and Justin. This is a tradition that we started to finish off our Christmas shopping together. It usually involves a lot of laughing and making fun of each other and those around us. This years trip had an interesting trip to a shoe store where a worker said to me "I can guarantee that I can lace that shoe faster than you" and I returned by saying sarcastically, "Ya, cause I don't know how to lace shoes". Needless to say, the sale didn't go through and I quickly walked out shaking my head about the non sense of salesmanship that kid had. haha. The Trip ended with the uncomfortable trip to La Senza to buy some underwear for Kristi. This has also become a Christmas tradition, but no matter how many times I go in that store it always is so uncomfortable and I end up leaving with sweaty armpits haha.

Tyson opening a gift at the
Wynder Christmas Eve

     We had 2 Christmas Eves this year. We had one with my family on the 23rd and then one with Sudo's on the 24th. The Wynder Christmas Eve involved watching the Family video that Jo makes every year. It is great to look back at the year with some video and pics. We all had a great laugh as we recalled some of the funny events of the year. We also had our usual gift exchange where everyone ends up with some type of sports jersey (another Wynder tradition). The evening ended with a lot of food, laughs, games, and Madden 13.

     Christmas Eve with the Sudo's starting with a family ping-pong tourney in which I was quickly defeated in the first round by Maddy. All the kids opened their Christmas Pajamas and proceeded to have a dance party. Brody was one of the stars of the show with his "Gangman Style" dance moves and his "Pelvic Thrusting" to the song "Sexy and I Know it". Jett was doing some interpretive Dance / Ballet  while these songs were going on. Jett was showing off his flexibility with his stretches and dance moves. Tyson was also shaking his booty for everyone to see as well. This was entertaining the entire family for at least an hour of this party. The night ended with a Jam session on the guitar with me and Megan taking turns singing songs for the family.


Christmas Day!!!!

All ready for Christmas Morning

     Our Children are unlike any other children on Christmas morning. They Sleep In!!! Most kids are up at the crack of dawn bugging their parents to get out of bed and open presents. Not the Wynder boys, they slept until 9:45am and then decided to get the christmas festivities started. Trust me, I am not complaining. The older boys woke up first and we opened presents. we decided to leave tyson sleeping cause we figured it would be easier to open presents without Tyson wanting to open everyones present.

The Stockings were Set on the
couch with such care haha

Tysons Favorite Gift

     Haydn and Brody had a good Christmas. Haydn's favorite present was the 3 Guitar Hero games that he got. He played those for the rest of the holidays. Brody's favorite present was a TV that Santa gave him for his room. Tyson's favorite presents were his Buzz lightyear and Woody toys from toy story. He has packed those things around the house everyday since.

Kristi's Favorite Gift

   
















Trip to Calgary 
   

All ready for the Water slides

     Well we wanted the kids to feel like they actually went somewhere during the Christmas holidays so we wanted to stay in Calgary for a few nights (WooHoo all the way to Calgary!!)  We went to a Hotel that had some water slides and the kids loved it. They swam the whole time we were there, just taking breaks to eat and sleep. haha. Tyson ran away on us once and jumped into the deep end of the pool with out any life jacket. He had to be under the water for a good 5 or 6 seconds before Kristi got to him, but he took it like a champ.

     On the way home we went to the Calgary Science Center because we heard it was good for the kids. The kids had a great time and the center  had a lot of hands on activities that they played.

The Science Center in Calgary