Christmas Update

I know that Christmas was like almost a month ago but better late then never...right? So here is our holiday fun for all to enjoy. (I will do a separate post as to where I have been).

The fun started Christmas Eve with our traditional fondue dinner. It was so much fun being with Blake's family, his parents, two sisters and his twin brother and wife along with their 3 kids were here visiting from Texas. It was fun getting together with everyone. We had beef and chicken fondue along with cheese fondue. We didn't do chocolate this year but I did make the bundt cake recipe that Laura sent me.
After dinner Grandpa gathered the whole family around him and read two Christmas stories that he had written. Then we headed off to our house to make preparations for Santa. We put out a glass of milk, 2 cookies (I hear Santa is on a diet) and some carrots and celery for the deer. Then we headed off to bed. It was great for Blake and I because for the first time EVER we had EVERYTHING done. It was the most relaxing Christmas Eve. We just watched a movie and went to sleep at a normal hour.


In the morning the boys got up and found that everyone was still sleeping. So they sneak into the kitchen and to get pots and pans. They then burst into our room banging the pots and pans yelling "Santa came get up". It was about 6am. Yes we will retaliate.

My boys Christmas morning.

Checking out the loot in their stocking.

Our G-man was getting in this whole opening presents thing. After a while all he wanted to do was just open the gifts. He didn't care what was in them. If you were opening a present he was there lending a helping hand.

Once everything was opened and put away we headed back over to Blake's parents house for more presents and breakfast. It was lots of fun watching all the cousins playing together. Overall we had a wonderful Christmas! But wait, the fun doesn't end there.

Off to my parents house bright and early on the 26th. Where we were met with even more gifts to open (let me tell you my boys were really loving that). One of the gifts that the boys got was ski lessons, Brekkon snowboarding and Korbin ski. We headed for Snowbasin early Sat. morning and had a blast skiing. While the boys were doing their lessons Blake, my brother and I were able to go off on our own. No we didn't have any accidents or falling off ski lifts. But we did have a great time and some good wipe outs. Especially when the boys joined us. Brekkon was a hoot to watch. He would get off the lift, strap on his board and then head down the mountain with no worries. Korbin was a bit more cautious and took his time making sure not to kill himself. It was amazing watching how fast they picked it up. They both were keeping up with the rest of us adults with no problems.

Brek heading down.

Korbin with me behind him. Let me just say that they were going down greens.

Me warming up in the ski lodge. It was REALLY cold out and snowing a lot.

So there you have it, our Christmas fun. I asked my boys what their favorite presents were:

Brek - Snowboarding and heelys

Korbin - skiing, UB Funkeys and wiggle car

Garrik - wiggle car and race track (this is based off of what he plays with the most)