Christmas!

We had a very nice Christmas. Last Friday we opened presents at our house. Ryland was very excited about the remote-controlled car and the Hot Wheels race track. Raylee loves the play cell phone Ryland got her. Saturday morning Santa had been to our house. Ryland must have been extrememly tired because we had to wake him up to see what Santa brought. Santa splurged this year and got the Nintendo Wii (kind of a family gift). Ryland was very excited. That boy is so good at bowling. His average is much higher than any of ours. Santa brought Raylee a grocery cart and a doll. She loves pushing that thing around all over the house. Santa did well.

After some playing with the new toys we loaded up and headed to my parents. It was a nice drive with good weather. We arrived just in time for supper (Kelly's great chicken and dumplings). The others had been snow skiing so everyone crashed early. My parents have church services in their home every Sunday for everyone living on their mountain and in the area. Just a few were there since it was a holiday but it was a nice small service. Afterwards we attempted to take family pictures. A challenge with 8 adults, a 4 year old, a 13 month old, and a 4 month old, but hopefully we got a few good ones. Leland and I then cooked our famous chicken strip meal. It was quite tasty if I might say so myself. :) We all just hung out the rest of the day and played the Wii. With my parents we have always gotten a Christmas Eve gift that is pajamas of some sort. I got these awesome maternity/nursing pj's I've been wanting. Leland and my brothers all got matching yellow shirts and flannel bottoms - quite cute. Monday morning my mom made her famous cinnamon rolls and we opened gifts. Everyone seemed very pleased with their loot. Raylee was all into ripping the wrapping paper and offered to help everyone. Keynan was very excited about eating the wrapping paper. :) After cleaning up the huge mess the playing commenced. We had lunch at 2:30 and we hit the road at 3:30. We made it to Clovis that night. Sonic was actually open and was very busy since it was one of the few places in town open on Christmas day so that was our supper. We had a nice hotel stay and got rested. Tuesday we hit the Clovis mall (decided it would be much less busy compared to the Lubbock mall) and did well with the day after Christmas doorbuster sales. We visited my grandparents in Lubbock and got home at 6 that evening. It was a whirlwind trip but we all had a good time. Seeing family is always such a fun adventure. :)

Leland is getting to stay home with the kids until he returns to work January 5. He's enjoying the dad time. I think lots of Nintendo playing and movie watching will be done. Hopefully we will also get some of the random house projects completed also.

I hope everyone had a nice holiday with family and friends. Have a Happy New Year!