Christmas at My Parents

Livia talked us into celebrating Christmas at my parents house this year. It was good to spend time with my parents and even my sister & niece, Tara and Tamara who also spent the holiday with us from Seattle! Here's a few of our highlights.

Of course, the reenactment of the Christmas story on Christmas Eve: Brooky insisted on playing Mary with her Dora dolly as Baby Jesus. :)  lol

All ready for Santa (& his reindeer) ;)

We were watching Fred Claus I think it was! :)

Livia's main gift was snow pants with a nice new jacket she was wanting.

 Brooky got a dollhouse

 And Sydney begged for this swivel bike thingy that I always forget the name of. :)

 Livia flipped out over the Justin Bieber perfume that her Aunt Tara surprised her with! :)

 Now Mike won't hide all the hammers from me..... I have my OWN! :)

Sydney LOVES her footed PJ's that she got! Nothing topped those! :)

You may not be able to tell, but Livia is actually ECSTATIC here! She was counting down the days until she got the Hunger Games Series! :)

Mike got his flashes he was wanting.

I got my Kitchen-Aid attachments I wanted! (LOVE THEM)!

Auntie Tara ALSO got Brooky a new CAR!!! She was so surprised and stunned, she didn't realize what was going on at first! She loved sitting in it! Not so much driving it..... yet, but she loves to sit and play with her Barbie convertible car!

Nana & Papa got to come over and witness all of the excitement as well! :) 

  Brooky & Santa.

 Gingerbread houses.

 TONS of snow to shovel.... what a beautiful sight for Christmas though, huh?!?! :)

Brooky with her best friend & baby-entertainer.... Dutchy! :)

Grampa & Brooky together, BOTH wearing their braces! (Each on their left leg, weird, right?!) lol

Brooky got a kick out of that though. :)

 Brooky had a hard time walking outside for all the snow! It was great!

 Now we officially have a 3-Car Garage! HAHA!

I hope everyone had a GREAT Christmas season! I know we did! 

Christmas with Mike's Fam

We got to have an early Christmas with a big Christmas dinner even, with Mike's family; on Christmas Eve Eve! :) It was great! Here's a few pic:

~ Thanksgiving in Priest River ~

I have gotten to where I really look forward to visiting our families in Priest River over the Thanksgiving holiday. This year we had our big feast at Mike's parent's house. It was a nice time!  

 Here's my turkey above and Diana's turkey below! haha  lol

Of course, some shooting took place. Livia looks like a pro out there!

 Stopped to say hi to my Grandma and more family!

Went black Friday shopping in Sandpoint with Mike, Tara, &" Tamara! :)

Hung our with my family for a little bit, and made some yummy candy!

Lots & lots of candy! :)  lol

While the boys hung out outside to build some shelves for my dad in the garage.

Then, of course, our annual trip to the movies, on Black Friday. This year we got to See "Rise of the Guardians". It was a great movie! :)

 It was a Thanksgiving holiday. I felt very loved and it was nice to spend the weekend with so many family members!