Monday, January 11, 2010

For the Love....


Rules for a successful holiday: 1. Get together with the family 2. Relive old times 3. Get out before it blows

I love StoryPeople and this little quote is the best way to describe my family and our holiday routine. I think I did pretty good too. I only had one minor explosion right before Angie and Dylan left...oops
(but honestly who in the world watches Battlestar Gallactica on New Years Eve anyway???)


I also officially quit my job before the holidays (YIPEE!!) so I do have a lot of free time. It has been a very fun and busy holiday ( I am not even going to get into how much I HATE taking the stupid train!) and I totally need to post about it. I had a blast with my family...it had been 6 months since I had seen any of them so I was pumped to go home and visit. It was a full house with all the siblings home and only one spare bedroom so we all cuddled up and tried to stay sane. Anyway here are some of our fun moments...

For the Love of Christmas


Stockings are my favorite!

My mom and dad went to Hawaii a while back and are going again
Katie got snowshoes. Sara wanted to be in the picture
For all you non hockey people this is Gray's fave team
I made my little cousins flowers for their hair (um cute!)


For the Love of Sara
*Sara wins the prize for the most funniest, weirdest, useless presents this year. We all laughed at the gifts!
She gave me the perfect book!
A cowbell belt buckle
The Wheel of Parental Responsibility
A chocolate smelling calculator

For the Love of Family
*We are super lucky to have awesome next door neighbors who also happen to be our little cousins. We love the little girlies and their wonderful parents! (Wendi is my mom's sister and is married to Greg who is my dad's brother...double trouble....I mean FUN!)

LexiJess
I bought Sara a Snuggie...she wore that thing all week
This book was to Kaite...from Katie!
So my lil sister Katie may or may not be dating a young man who is a little younger than her. (She is in her first year of college and he is still in high school) My sister Angie and her hubby Dylan got Katie this cute little animal....a cougar (bahaaa!)Jessica's favortite book...so cute!

For the Love of Canada!
*It was super freezing at home but I miss the snow and how beautiful everything is after a good frost



For the Love of the Game
*What would a trip home be without HOCKEY!?


We went to a Hurricane's game and it was so good to watch hockey again. Our team won and the winning goal was scored by our own little home town hero... He lives just down the street from us! Ok so it isn't that cool but small town folks don't usually end up being real famous or anything so when one makes it, we are extra big fans!

Overall Christmas was super and a much needed vacation. I loved spending time with some friends and family and I can't wait to go home again (hint hint Mom...save those air miles!)

5 comments:

girluntitled said...

i love love LOVE this post. christmas at the smart homestead beats any holiday throughout the year! shout-out to all my kin! HOOOOLLAAAA!

The Brandleys said...

What a fun Holiday!! For some reason I can't wait til your Birthday... Then you can be in my boat! Hooray Babies! BTW I'm heading home sometime in March, (My Bro is having a baby then...) So I'll keep you posted so we can plan or trip together. I'm really noticing the fact that I have no friends except you and Jess. I need some girl time. Vegas is dull.

Trisha said...

I bet that house gets crazy with all the family, and I only know you and Grayson! Thanks for sharing your Christmas with us, good post.

Cavan, Sarah, KaeLynn said...

Being with family is so great I am glad you had fun. The snow looks so pretty!

Jess said...

Hee hee hee, I thought Sara was saying Hola, not Hollar. I must still be Californian. Your post made me all sentimental! I need a wheel of parental responsibilites!!!! But I need to rig it with more dad spots than mom.