Another Fabulous Day! Christmas Eve, Day 2!

How lucky am I? I had 2 Christmas Eve's and they were both awesome.

I stayed up until 2 am last night wrapping the rest of our presents. But it was great because my mom and Kenzi were there and they watched the kids so I could get some sleep. I got up at 9:30 and cleaned up the house a bit. Then I decided that I should hand out neighbor gifts because I was out of time! So I took the boys and dropped off the presents, stopping at my next door neighbors house last. My awesome friend Joanne is here from Texas and so I stayed there and visited with her and Marla and the rest of the bunch. We made plans for a Girls night out on Friday. Whoo-hoo! Love that!

Then we came home and had a great visit with my aunts Patti, Vicki and Maureen and my uncles Roger, Jim and Gaylen. Plus my cousins Sheree and Diane and their husbands Taylor and Haldon. And their way dang cute kids Talia, Kaelia, Blake, Kodiak, and Gracie. The kids played great together and were total sweethearts! Plus, it totally wore Carson out and he fell asleep before 7:00 tonight! It was great to see everybody! I can't wait until Grandma's birthday party next year!

Mom, Dan, Jim, Vicki, Maureen, Gaylen, Patti, Roger

As everyone was leaving, it started snowing again! Its my very first white Christmas in good ol' Southern Utah. I have lived here for over 20 years and I have NEVER seen this much snow! It is still snowing as I'm typing. Well, it is what it is and I'm not going to complain...too much! Only a little bit. Have I mentioned that I really hate snow? But everyone else is thrilled so I'm just going to be happy for them!

Then we ate leftovers from our yummy dinner last night. It was so great to just warm up whatever everyone wanted and be done with it! Then we watched my 2 favorite Christmas movies, The Forgotten Carols and Christmas Vacation. Yeah, I know. Weird combination. But it was a perfectly fabulous way to end the day! I don't think my mom and Dan love Christmas Vacation like I do but they patiently sat through it. My mom kept rolling her eyes and asking "What next, is their house going to explode?" She cracks me up! I, on the other hand, was laughing my butt off! I watch Christmas Vacation every Christmas Eve and it just makes my day!

I'm waiting for Caleb to fall asleep. He keeps coming to check and see if Santa has shown up (My over-curious son "knows". I had to enlighten him last year because he was the kid who was ruining it for the other kids. What a BRAT, HUH! The new motto is "in order to receive, you must believe." It seems to be working) So I'm waiting until midnight to work my magic. He had better be asleep by then!

Carson~sleeping for real. Caleb~pretending to sleep. I told you he was a brat! HAHA But I remember when I was his age and couldn't sleep the night before Christmas. It's pretty cute actually.

Christmas Eve...a little early

Since my last devastatingly boring post, I have been one busy lady (who isn't busy right now though!?) My mom and step dad arrived on time and in one piece, thank heavens! It has been awesome to have them here!

On Tuesday, my mom and I went shopping and I finished up all the last minute Christmas items that I needed. We always buy socks and underwear because what kid doesn't want that? My hubby and I do it every year as a joke. We think we are hilarious.

After our shopping adventure, we hauled our butts home to get the turkey (which turned out so delish!) in the oven for our early Christmas Eve celebration. We also had homemade stuffing, homemade cheesecake and all other sorts of good food. Tia, Cortney, Rylee, Stacha, Kenzi, Mom, Dan, Allan, Caleb, Carson and me were there to witness all this wonderful goodness.

Then we exchanged gifts and my mom wins the best gift of the year. On this tag, I complained about how I was completely traumatized about my mom throwing away my blankie. So she took action. I opened up my present and this is what I found....Its Blankie 2.0. Its even yellow gingham like my other blankie. Mom, you are forgiven. I love it!

My parents also bought the boys nerf guns that shoot little foam thingys with suction cups on the end and it has been nonstop entertainment! They had a huge shooting-fest last night. Allan and Cortney were loving them too. We should have bought them one.

Foam thingy stuck to the ceiling. Its been there all day. I have 12 foot ceilings and I'm not getting on a ladder to get it! It will fall down eventually, right?

Rylee was so dang cute! We gave her a doll and she LOVED it! She carried it around all night. I think she named her Sarah. And she also had her turn shooting the gun.

All in all, it was a fabulous night! Life is GOOD!