Breakfast Tradition

WOW--WHAT A MESS!

Every year since our children were little we have offered them breakfast before presents so they can start the day out good before all the junk food. When they were littler we would have them eat breakfast before they could see what Santa brought them.
This year we allowed them to see what Santa brought them before eating Daddy's gourmet breakfast. After that we opened presents.

Bacon, Eggs, Sausage, Omlets, Toast, Jam,
and Homemade Hashbrowns! YUM!

Jayden's Roller Blades and Bryson's Scooter

Santa Came!!

Here is Ashley with a dog that grows and knows
her name.

Cars and Webkins!

Santa always brings oranges! Jayden

also got darts for his nerf dart gun.

Press on nails are back! Santa sure knows

how to make Ashley smile.

The Night Before Christmas Eve

It has become a fun Family Tradition to let the kids sleep in front of the Christmas tree. It all started with one year Randy and I bought a pre lit tree but had the other tree set up already so we just put it downstairs in our room. So we had everyone sleep in our room, it was really great just staying up late talking.

Even though they didn't go to sleep until early Christmas Eve, they had a ton of fun and everyone can can't wait until next year to do it again.

Bryson

Bryson fnny: We were in the van delivering Christmas goodies and ended up talking for a few minutes. Well the kids started acting up so we left. On the way home Randy told the kids that one day when they are older and have a family on their own, they are going to call for advice on their rowdy kids and Randy is going to laugh at them and tell them good luck with that, gotta go kiss mommy. It was dead silence and the kids thought about that and then out of no where Bryson says, "Jayden you want a kiss" it was just so random and deeply serious that we all laughed.

The other day we were running late for school and before Ashley got in the van she wanted to change the number on our Santa and I got really frustrated.....I need to remember that to her this is something really hight on her priority list right now and I need to let her be a kid.

This is Ashley's list for "Winter Break" I wanted to share it because I don't know about you but I need to be reminded that I was once a kid and these things used to be my whole world at one time too. I need to slow down and remember what it was like being a kid.

Mr and Mrs Clause

Here are all of our pictures with Santa!! This year Bryson would like a little christmas tree in his room that lights up, a scooter with no training wheels and a bike with no training wheels. Ashley would like a dog that grows and knows her name and Jayden would like some rollar blades and a nerf gun. Get to work little elves.

Polar Express!!

Oh man I'd better start locking her up

We are so proud of our dancer. She did a wonderful job!! Only in AZ can you have a child dancing at the park in her swimming suit :) Ashley was in the hip hop dance and the Hawii dance.

The sunset here in so amazing that I couldn't help but take a picture of Ashley in front of it.