Christmas 2015

Christmas Eve was spent at my parents house in Heber. We got up there around 3 in the afternoon.

Sydney had her first time sledding, and she loved it. Her and my dad used the Wrens lawn (across the street) which is really steep and worked out quite nicely for a sledding hill. And during this time Jake and Lizzy were napping.

Mom also wanted to have a snowman building contest but by the time Sarah and Brady for up to Heber it was dark outside.

We ate a really nice dinner. Then opened presents, which Sydney had been trying to do all night. Both the girls loved the music decorations that were up all over the house.

Lizzy loves climbing up the stairs in my parents house, and every time we go up I try to emphasize going down to, but she has no interest in that. 

At about 10 pm, we left for home. We had decided this year we were going to do Christmas at our house, just us. First time ever. So we didn't go to bed til 1 pm after the girls fell asleep, and setting everything up. I decided I was going to start the tradition of Christmas jammies this year, but I didn't realize my mom was also going to do it. So when we got home, we had the girls change from Grandmas Christmas jammies, to the ones I had bought.

Sydney didn't wake up til 9 am, so while breakfast was cooking, Jake kept Syd in our room watching a movie. Once breakfast was ready we woke Lizzy up. 

And then the opening of presents began. We saved Santa presents for last. We realized our mistake of getting to many presents this year (which made Sydney go bored, and she didn't get the one present she wanted; because we didn't find out until right before Christmas exactly what that meant and where we could get it; so she was disappointed in her presents. Which also made Jake and I feel bad). 

But after opening up everything, the girls played and we relaxed until it was time to go to Grandma Harvey's house.  

Also this year, we did not buy each other gifts because we did the "pick a name off a tree and buy a gift" option. But because Jake was switching jobs, we ended up getting everyone something off the Harman store. 

from grandpa walt

from grandpa walt (grandma harvey also gave her this exact same thing)

from nana and papa

from nana and papa

from grandma moss

from grandma moss

from grandma moss

from grandma moss

from grandma moss (which we bought for her ^^^^)

from santa

from santa

from santa

from santa

from santa

from santa

from santa (vtech nursery rhyme book)

from santa

from santa

from nana and papa

jakes' and mine stocking contents