Christmas 2010

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! Santa visited our house a day early, because Chad had to go to work on the afternoon of Christmas Eve. The Wise family had us over for their traditional Venezuelan dinner on the Eve of Christmas Eve. It was so much fun. Randall spent so much time making all of the yummy food! The boys were very excited as we drove home from Ogden in the fog. They just knew they saw Roudolf guiding Santa's sleigh to our house! They kept asking what time they could wake up in the morning. I told them anytime they wanted, knowing that they wouldn't wake up early (they never do). The next morning, I woke up at 6:00 AM and couldn't go back to sleep. I laid in bed until 7:30 and heard someone get up, but they didn't come in my room. I couldn't wait any longer, so I went to see who had gotten up. It was Kyle and he had gotten back in bed. I went in and asked him what he was doing. He said, "I don't know." I asked him if he knew it was Christmas morning, and why he wasn't waking up his brothers. He is such a laid back kid. He helped me wake up the others so we could go downstairs and see what Santa had brought. I remember being so excited as a kid, that I couldn't go to sleep at night and then I would wake up at 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning. Not my kids! I just don't get it. Once they had been woken up they were very excited!


Randall Wise and Chad making the final preparations for dinner


The boys walking in the room to see what Santa had brought


All of my boys on Christmas Morning. Chad was looking at the photo book I had made him to put in his flight case.


Spencer with his loot. He got a Dsi and a game and a carrying case...and a few other things...


Landon with all of his stuff. He too got a Dsi and a game and case.


Jared already had a Dsi, so he got a couple of games...and a few other things...


Kyle also got a Dsi with the stuff to go with it. Not sure if he loves it or not. He doesn't love Video games, but at least he will have something to play on on our long road trips.


Grandma Julie always makes them their Christmas Jammies. This year she found these darling shirts in Florida! Uncle Steve got them all new beanies!


Every year I try and do something special for Chad. This year, I had a friend make a quilt for him. He has talked about wanting a quilt for a long time, but I knew I just couldn't do it. I can't sew and never will be able to. So, I called our good friend Cherish Moore and she had it done within a week! She is so amazing. I got the reaction that I wanted...TEARS! He wouldn't put the quilt down to get them on camera...although I think you can see his red face! Love it!


Santa brought the kids a Wii and quite a few games including Mario Kart with the wheels and Super Mario Bros. They also got a Tony Hawk Shred game with a cool Skateboard thing. Chad and I always get the kids one toy, on book and one movie. So their toy this year was their Dsi! I guess you could say we had a video game Christmas. I might regret it later, but for now it has been fun! The other items in their loot are from Grandparent's! They got a haul! The Trammell's always get the kids a new Hess Truck. We only let them open one of them because they are collectable. This years truck was had a jet on the back. Pretty Cool! A mysterious person also brought them a new 2 in 1 game table with ping pong and air hockey! They sure got spoiled rotten!