Christmas Eve

The drive up north on Wednesday was uneventful, thankfully!  The kids were so excited to see Grandma Shari, but disappointed that there was no snow.  It was definitely cold enough for snow though!

After dinner and running around like the crazies that they are, we did some gingerbread houses!  Kylie and Aunt Kelsey made a super cute house, and Hayden and I made a train.

Thursday evening we went to see Luminaria at the Thanksgiving Point Gardens (which apparently changed its name to The Ashton Gardens).  It was pretty cold, especially when the sun went down.  Kylie ran around with Aunt Kendra and Aunt Kelsey so she stayed pretty warm, but Hayden got really cold and had to be held by Grandpa Gary the last half.  The lights were so beautiful and it was so fun to run around them!  They even had live reindeer that you could pet!  Kylie loved that part.

After the show I went with the girls to see a movie and the kids got some grandparents time!  All that walking must've zonked them out because they were asleep when we got home!

Friday Shari took us to see the movie Trolls.  Hayden was so excited for this because he had been watching snippets of it on Youtube Kids for the last few weeks and even sang along with one of the songs.  It was a cute little film and both of the kids really enjoyed it.  The did such a great job sitting in their seats most of the movie and there was no complaining at all!  It made me so happy!

Friday evening I went to another movie with Gary and Kendra, so the kids got to have Grandma Shari all to themselves!

Saturday was Christmas Eve!  That morning I went to lunch with my family (the Hansen's), and left the kids with the Knudsen's, since the movie we went to afterwards they would not have liked.  Yes, that is four movies in three days and I think I am good with the movie theater experience for the next six months!  Haha

That evening, after my excursion with my immediate family, we went to Shari's side of the family for some Christmas Eve fun.  We had a yummy dinner (Kylie only ate a roll and Hayden only ate chips and dip.  Typical...) and then a fun talent show.  Kylie's talent was being a puppy dog.  The ENTIRE night.  She has loved being either a cat or dog practically all day for the past week.  It can get really annoying after a while.

After the party we went back to the Knudsen's to open presents!  And, man! did we get spoiled!  The kids got so many presents and they wanted to play with them all right then.  We really appreciate everything we got and want to thank the Knudsen's for everything they've done this holiday for us!  We love you!