Here is part 2 of our Christmas festivities! After some sickness and burnout, we ended up not doing everything I originally planned. Not that we tried!
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Joey got the idea of Santa this year! He asked for marbles
(much to my dismay having a baby who puts everything in his mouth).
For fun, here are his previous Santa pictures. |
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Eli didn't scream like Joey did his age, but he wasn't into sitting
when there is mayhem to cause. |
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Christmas eve we debated whether we alls should go to Jessica's house
since Eli has been throwing up every day for a week,
but none of us wanted to miss the festivities.
Here is Joey having the time of his life with his cousins. |
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| Yummy cinnamon rolls ;) |
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| Enjoying our brunch before Celestine's present rings the doorbell! |
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| Jared and Jenny drove all the way from Palo Alto for Christmas! |
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| Their little puppy Chloe! |
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| Joey was obsessed with her. |
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| Reunited never felt so good! |
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| Christmas to remember. |
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| All the grandkids. Can you tell Sam photoshopped this picture? |
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Favorite thing gift exchange. Sam got Jacob a brain mold since
Sam is into medicine and Jacob is into AI. Also, Jello is delicious. |
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| No caption needed. |
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| Christmas jammies. A tradition I loved as a kid. |
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Christmas this year was...Oi. We had church at 9,
plus we were singing in the choir, plus two crazy kiddos,
so we did Christmas morning after church. |
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| Eli's coupe. |
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| Joey's tricycle. |
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| Music instruments. "Joey, what's your favorite instrument?" "CYMBALS!" |
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| Santa delivered. |
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We went to my parents house later in the day.
I got my mom a canvas print of my grandparents sledding. |
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| Next day Sam and Joey went sledding themselves while Jared and Jenny were still in town. Sam only got stuck in the snow a few times with our little Honda Accord. Good thing Jared had a winch to save him. Joey liked sledding for a little bit, then watched TV in Jessica's car with some of her kids after a little bit. |
Other activities that had no pictures:
-White Elephant exchange at the Prestwich home
-Temple date on the Hobbs side of the family
-Game night, where we hired our first paid babysitter
-Our attempt to go to River of Lights (we left too late and there was no parking!)
-Another Christmas concert we played for the Albuquerque East Stake
-Last but not least, our friends had their baby! Baby D is adorable and we had the pleasure to take care of their daughter for a few hours the day of while they were in the hospital. We do have a picture of him:
Whew! We are simplifying next year, I'm making that promise to myself!
