Wynder Christmas 2013

     Well another Christmas has come and gone. It was a great 2 weeks off of Work and School for our family. We did so much stuff in the last 2 weeks that I don't really even know where to start. This 2 week break really felt like a long break because we were staying up late and waking up early almost everyday. I will do my best to remember what happened in the last 2 weeks. I really should do this "Blog Thing" daily, instead of waiting till the 2 weeks are over and then trying to remember all the fun and funny things that went on.

     We started the holiday season the way we always do by making Christmas crafts and gingerbread houses with the boys. Well Tyson and mom had a gingerbread train. We do this every year and the boys love to decorate and eat the houses. It is a great way to get into the Christmas spirit.

 Christmas Eve

     We spent Christmas eve at my moms this year. It was the first time in 8 years that all the boys were home at the same time for Christmas. We had a great time watching the Softball and family videos that Jo made for all of us. That is the best part of Christmas for me. I love to watch all of the highlights from the softball season and to watch all the family video that Jo had caught through out the year. There are so many funny things that happened through the year that Jo catches on video. We all had a great laugh watching us dance at Travis's wedding, watching Brody dance on the baseball diamond and all the funny things that happened camping in Was a.
     The Boys opened their Christmas pj's and we opened all the family presents together.

    It was great to have my brother Ryan here for Christmas and have some time to hang out. All the brothers went into Lethbridge a couple of days before Christmas and did some last minute Christmas shopping. This trip is always full of laughs and many jokes that probably cannot be repeated in this blog. haha. It was good to have some hang out time with Ryan because our visits are few and far between. Ryan and I took all the boys into lethbridge to go to a movie (The Hobbit) and then sent the boys home with my mom and stayed to go to another movie (Anchrman 2). Ryan Stayed at moms that night and we played hockey that next day with Kimball Lacey and his family. That night we played cards till late and the boys had a great time playing and hanging out together. Its funny now because Haydn and Brody Text and FaceTime Maddux all the time now. We also took the boys up to the gym to play some basketball and run around together.

Christmas Day

     Christmas day was exciting for the boys. The boys are still pretty good with sleeping in to a reasonable time which is good for mom and dad haha. Haydn's main gift was a iPod 5 and Brody's was a iPad mini and they were so excited to get those gifts. Tyson's main gift was some toys from the movie "Cars". The boys were good to each other this Christmas because they each bought gifts for each other and mom and dad. This was special because they used their own money to buy the presents. I bought the boys a new game for the PS3 called "Rocksmith". It is a game that teaches you how to play guitar. You plug a real electric guitar into the game system and it teaches you how to play a number of different songs. Haydn loves it.

Edmonton Trip

     We spent the 2nd week of the holidays up in Edmonton with Ryan and Brandi. We always have a great time hanging out and playing games with them. We spent one of the days sledding out at Brandi's moms farm. They have a lot of open space and the kids had a great time sledding with each other. The kids would sled down the hill and then we would take the "Gator" down and pick them up and drive them back up the hill. We did this so many times. We stayed out there for dinner and cards as well. All the kids play well together and have a great time. Tyson and Mieko played so good with each other. They did everything and went everywhere with each other. We also made our annual trip to Chuck E. Cheese together and let the kids run wild and play games. Of course we spent like $90 on pizza and tokens and we ended up with a couple of $1 prizes for our tickets haha. BUT, the kids always love to go there and they have so much fun so I guess its worth it haha.
     We really did not do that much. We like to just let the kids hang out and play during the day and then the adults can hang out and play cards when the kids are in bed. That seems to be what we do when we visit. Its good cause there is no pressure to do anything expensive. Its great just to relax and hang out.

     On new years eve we had our regular chocolate fountain treat. The kids love this and wait for it all year. Its messy but the boys have so much fun doing this. We actually counted down the new year for the kids at 10pm so they could go to bed and the adults come have some time to play cards haha sorry boys.
     The roads home from Edmonton were terrible. Edmonton had freezing rain the day before we left and it made the roads like skating rinks. When we drove home on saturday we probably saw about 25-30 cars in the ditch. Some of the cars had rolled and were fairly beat up. Luckily we made it home safe with no problems. We stopped at the mall in Calgary so the boys could spend some of their Christmas money. Haydn bought an Airsoft handgun and Brody bought a bunch of Duck Dynasty stuff. I bought a new pair of goalie skates and a new goalie stick. Don't tell Tyson but his Christmas money paid for Chuck E. Cheese haha. Whoops sorry Tyse.

   
   

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