Christmas 2015

As usual, we had a lot of Christmases but all were fun! The kids did much better being a whole year older! They were good and social! Yay! We headed to Nana and Papa's on Wednesday the 23rd to do our immediate family Christmas with Trav and Chelsie who traveled all the way from Texas! It was a blast and the kids got way more than they deserved! Lol! Then Thursday the 24th we headed to Grandma and Grandpa's for Christmas chaos with all the aunts and uncles! It was really fun and the kids did a great job interacting with everyone! Taylor was sweet to include the kids in her gift opening as well! Good fun and plenty of presents (again!) On Christmas Day, we opened presents as a family. Again, the kids got way too many presents. We even had to open presents in stages. I'm only now realizing kids want to play with their gifts as soon as they open them so we have to pause the actual opening to incorporate some playing. After our time at home, we headed back to Nana and Papa's for Christmas with Nana's family.  We had a great turn out and most of the family enjoyed the festivities! The weekend after Christmas we went to Super Nana and Papa's house for Christmas with Papa's extended family. Almost the whole family was together (except for 3 whose flight was cancelled due to bad weather!) Our Christmas was full and long but we all had a great time this year! (Except maybe Tyler who was required to lay around during Christmas break because he had a vasectomy days before Christmas! Ahhh...special Christmas memories!)

Avery is loving her some Christmas!

The Peterson clan

Excited for Christmas presents

Daddy (and Buddy) helping Owen open a present

Owen singing Christmas songs around the tree at Super Nana and Papa's

Avery singing...and playing around the tree too!

Winter Fun

 

The Frederiksens headed outside today.  The kids were really anxious to play in the snow and since we finally had some free time after the Christmas chaos, we decided to indulge them! They had a blast. We pulled them around the yard and over a very small drift/hill in the sled. Needless to say, they loved it! It melts your heart to hear them laugh and so deeply delight in the simple things! After awhile of pulling them around, we convinced them to play on the "park" in the backyard. They zoomed down the slide in their slick snow pants! That was fun too! After all the snow fun, we headed inside for some hot chocolate! Enjoyable afternoon together!

 

 

Snow buddies!