Merry Christmas

So for Christmas Eve this year, my brother was in Ethiopia with his family and my other sister was spending it with her in laws. So we decided to do something completely different. We always get together at my Mom's and rarely go to each other's homes. So we decided to do a progresive dinner since there was just a few of us. We started out at my brother Kenny's house and we had appetizers there. We had mozarella cheese sticks and wings. Then we went to my sister Cindy's house and had salad there. Then to my Mom's for the potatoes and rolls and ham, then ended at my house for dessert which was cheesecake. At each house we did a little thought or story about Christmas. At Kenny's Mel had the kids sing songs and they read a nice Christmas story. Cindy had Noah read a poem which was awesome and my Mom told us some stories about past Christmases and then at my house I played the movie Luke 2 to the music from Amy Grant Breath of Heaven. We had so much fun. The kids all really enjoyed the night and it was something different to do. We only got pics at the first house and then got lazy throughout the night at the rest of the homes.





Santa was good to the kids this year. The gifts are getting less and less and more and more expensive. Joshua got a ps3 and some ps3 games. Apparently this game system he can play online. He was very excited about that.

Savani got a Nintendo DS and some other toys.

Milika got a kitchen which was a nightmare to put together. It had a million pieces and we were up till about 2am putting it together.


Siera and Josh modeling some new clothes from Grandma. Siera also got a Kindle that she kept asking and asking for as well as an ipod touch.


Christmas was great, but honestly I am always relieved when it's over and can relax. My real favorite holiday is New Years Eve. We had so much fun on New Years Eve. It was just our family and we stayed home and watched movies and played games. We bought lots of junk food and I let the kids eat anything they wanted. This has never happened before, they were in heaven. We played some fun Wii games and then just watched movies. At Midnight we clanked pans and called it good. It was a blast. Now on to a great year!!