Christmas

This year for Christmas we went to Wyoming.  We stayed in a hotel that had a little family room and kitchen so we could still have our own Christmas, but we could still be a part of my family's Christmas.  We got there Christmas Eve day.  The kids had time to play with their cousins and then do a little sledding before it was time to get ready for Christmas Eve at Great Grandma Teichert's house.  Great Grandma made pillows for my boys and they love them.  They have slept on them every night since they got them and if we go anywhere they always take them.  It was a lot of work for Grandma to do that for my kids and the others that got one.  We are very grateful for Grandma and love her very much.  I was very glad that we got to be there with her.

After the Christmas Eve party we went back to the hotel and the kids got to open a present, which was their Christmas pj's. 

 After they opened their present we had some caroler's come by, it was my brothers, sisters and parents that are at home.

 My sister let us borrow a little tree so it would look a little like Christmas at the hotel. 

 Christmas morning the kids were out. 

Elly was the first one to wake-up so we went out with her to see what Santa had brought her.  As soon as she came out the door she saw the slide and ran over to it and slid down.  At the bottom of her slide was her stocking and a purse that Santa brought her.  When she saw the purse she said, "Cool bag" and put it on her shoulder and headed back for the slide.  She was at a really fun age for Christmas this year.  She loved everything.

Tyler got a electric race track for Christmas.  The boys, including Jay had so much fun playing with it.

Tyler has been saying that he needs a new cowboy shirt and pants.  Santa was nice enough to get those for him.

Mason got a Nerf gun from Tyler for Christmas.

We had to have tears at some point in the day and Elly was the first one to cry.

Tyler gave her a baby that swims in the water. She loves it and won't let anyone touch it.  It has to take a bath with her every time she takes one.  He did a good job picking out something that she would love.

We had a great Christmas and it was fun to be up with my family.  The kids had a great time with their cousins.  We got to talk on the phone to my sister in Australia and that was fun to hear her.  We are very excited to see her the end of January.  We also enjoyed having a break from school.