Christmas Day

Christmas Day was full of fun surprises and lots of wonderful celebrations with lots and lots of family!

Christmas Day

Santa CAME... Hayden was a little worried that he wouldn't!

My two Christmas helpers. I love these two more than anything!

We surprised Hayden with Skylanders... I love the look on his face! :)

Building Hayden's new "Legos Goldmine" from Santa

We all had a great Christmas morning. It's amazing how "messy" Christmas is!

Christmas Brunch at Nana and Papa's with Adrienne's siblings and Grandma

Uncle Travis and Great Grandma were very interested in Hayden's new remote control spy car.

Hanging out with Aunt Ali

So happy to get his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles costume from Nana and Papa!

Grandma is the funnest, spunkiest lady in the world. :)

Ashlin and her boyfriend Alex... a.k.a. Hayden's favorite person ever (excluding his daddy, of course)!

Introducing... Raphael!

Thanks for the amazing Christmas brunch and good times Nana and Papa!

Our fun group! Nana made everyone snow hats and scarves as stocking stuffers.

Christmas Mid-afternoon at Grandma and Grandpa's with Kyle's siblings and Grandma ("Bessa")

Cousins opening their gifts from Grandma and Grandpa!

Such a lucky boy

We all decided to give Bessa a tv this year. She was in need of an upgrade. She was so grateful!

Our favorite game... Dance, Dance Revolution. Everyone gets a chance!

Our newest nephew... he is the sweetest, most calm baby EVER!

Traditional Christmas night party and Adrienne's Grandma's house

Kyle and Hayden were so done with Christmas celebrations by the end of the day, HA! We have a crazy Christmas, but we always enjoy being with our amazing families!

Hayden gave us our Christmas presents that he made for us in Kindergarten this year. A reindeer made our of his hand and foot prints and an ornament with his school picture on it. They were, by far, the best gifts that I received this year!

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Kyle, Adrienne &Hayden

Christmas Eve

We had such a fun time with family over the holidays that I needed to make more than one post to explain our fun times!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve morning... so happy to put the last cotton ball on Santa's beard- Hayden's advent calendar from school. Christmas is so close!!!

Out in the snow with cousins after setting out the luminaries at Grandma and Grandpa's (Kyle's parents) house! A wonderful tradition that the whole neighborhood participates in every Christmas Eve. The boys loved it!

Every Christmas Eve, Santa's helper (i.e. Grandma) delivers special presents for the kids. 

The boys loved their special dream lights from Santa's Helper!

Hayden was absolutely thrilled to open his Christmas pajamas. A tradition that he isn't as fond of, ha ha!

We enjoyed a yummy dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's on Christmas Eve. Hayden's favorite part was playing with his cousins. :)

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Kyle, Adrienne &Hayden

Christmas Eve, Eve

Christmas Eve, Eve

We spent the night before Christmas Eve at Nana and Papa's (Adrienne's parents) house. A great night with great company!

Hayden had a hard time NOT opening his huge present that was wrapped underneath the tree. HA!

Building legos and reading a book to Nana!

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Kyle, Adrienne &Hayden

Busy Holiday season

It has been a very busy holiday season for us. We have enjoyed spending quality time with our friends and family and that's why we love this time of year so much! We feel blessed to be surrounded by such amazing people in our lives. We hope that your holidays were extra special as well. Here are some highlights from our favorite time of year (in 5 different posts)!

Thanksgiving and more

Celebrating Papa's birthday!

Helping mommy cook for Thanksgiving and watching the Macy's Thanksgiving parade... FUN!

 Happy Thanksgiving with Adrienne's side of the family. We went to see Rise of the Guardians that night with Papa, Nana and cousin Ty. We had a blast and yes, we are a little crazy too!

 Swimming!

 

Hayden playing "school". Hayden's the teacher and loves to pass out assignments!

Snow ball fights!

 GetAir trampoline park

 Santa's letter!

Learning how to make Bessa's (Kyle's Grandma) traditional Norwegian Christmas cookies... YUMMY and MESSY!

Impromptu date night to dairy queen!  Hayden got invited to see Christmas lights and we headed out for a treat and movie. 

 Elfie played many tricks on us throughout the season!

Building gingerbread houses with friends

 

Party planning with more friends... another birthday party for another stuffed animal!

 Traditional temple lights with our amazing friends!

We had a blast at Disney World and Lego Land. It was the perfect time of year to head to Florida!

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Kyle, Adrienne &Hayden