Christmas 2011

Tyler in the morning before church

I am about a week late writing about Christmas, but every time I thought about doing it - it just seemed overwhelming, so I didn't.  But I have now put the pictures on the computer and have plenty of time to write about all the fun that we had this year.
We started the fun on Christmas Eve by going to see the Muppet Movie with my family.  It was a pretty cute movie and the boys did pretty good the whole time.  Tyler watched the whole time and didn't get bored, so that was an improvement from the last time we went to the movies.  Josh kind of played around the isle and here and there, but for the most part did pretty good.  My boys (okay, all of us) LOVE popcorn, so that pretty much kept them happy most of the time.  

Tyler excited to start the opening of the presents

Tyler and his snow globe

After the movie we went back to our house to get ready to go to Tony's parents house for the annual Kresser Family Christmas party.  This is one of my favorite parties of the year.  We get to see lots of family members that we don't see very often and then we eat lots of yummy food and then have a gift exchange, not only for the adults but for the kids too.  The icing on the cake this year is that Tony's grandparents were able to come up from St. George so we got to see them a couple times while they were here.  It is so nice spending time with family - I wish more of my extended family lived closer.  After the party Tony's mom always has pajamas for the kids and then they wear them home.  It is such a nice and happy feeling after everyone is gone and it's just Tony's immediate family there and we sit and chat and have the kids open their pajamas - I think that is my most favorite part.

Josh playing with his new tool bench, that's all he really cared about

Opening the goods

Then we took the boys home and put them straight to bed.  Then Tony and I got out the gifts for the kids and Tony put together a tool bench that we got for the boys.  After it was all set, we went to bed - wonderful bed.  Then that morning when Josh and Tyler woke up we let the boys play with the tool bench and open their stockings before church.  Once Josh saw the tool bench, he didn't care about anything else.  So Tyler just opened his stocking.  Then we got ready and went to church.  Josh and Tyler both got colds that started that morning, so Josh was pretty sick during sacrament.  Luckily it only went an hour and then we headed back home to change and open the gifts from Santa and mom and dad.  Josh liked opening the big presents, but pretty much just wanted to play with the tool bench.  So we skipped him a lot and by the end just let Tyler open the rest of Josh's gifts.  They always have to share with each other anyway, so it worked.  Tony got me a new video camera and I got Tony a remote control car, deep frier, and BYU shirt, and some Swedish Fish (half of that was for his birthday - which was yesterday).  We then played around with all the new goods before we headed over to Grandma Margie's.
When we got there we made some lunch and ate before we did presents with them.  Tony's parents were very generous and we always feel spoiled and loved by them.  The boys got some nice new Sunday clothes and some fun toys to add to their collection - more tools for Josh...he can't get enough.  Then after playing for a while we headed over to my parents for some more food and presents.  We once again got spoiled and then enjoyed a lovely Christmas dinner with the family.  Then after dinner we headed home for some relaxation at our own home.  We had a wonderful time and are very grateful for all the love and support that we have received from our friends, neighbors, and most importantly our family.  It truly was a Merry Christmas!