Thursday, December 24, 2009

Christmas Eve at our house

We went sledding with everyone...it was a beautiful day! The snow was a little icy so we went with sledding over snowboarding. Even I went down!
Dan started pushing everyone down. The big boys were actually scared :)
then Bryan, Kara and Taylor tried pushing Dan down... with no success!
Zacky got rolled down in the trash can!
Then the jumping other people started!

Bryan brought a trash can???? and the game of the day was knock the can as far over the jump as possible....WT!

Jared and Logan
Christmas Eve begins....we let Zacky open his checkers game early...he loves that game right now!
Turkey dinner....
the kids had a 'special' table on the floor :)

Bryan drew Dan's name and got him energy drinks galore, including one that brings you back down...stupid boys!
Taylor and Noelle did the 12 days song.....
then the talent show...zacky did his usual breakdance pose
Kelly was the highlight with the leg over the head move :)
the girls did the crocodile song
Zacky got spongebob pj's...I had to get them because he was wearing a santa hat like zacky always wears to bed!
the we played white elephant...zacky led off and 'graciously' accepted grandma gayle's jerusalem game....he already knows how to work the fake smile :)
Logan did a lego nativity :)
then Bryan did family olympics... we played musical chairs....
then stair races.....
then speed..... we never made it to close encounters (thank goodness!)
Zacky had to do Santa Tracker! He still fully believes...I just can't believe it with all the crazy friends he has....Taylor tried to pretend all the way through that she believed, but then when the adult girls were chatting the other night and Noelle started probing, Taylor mentioned that she knew the truth since her teacher told them!
Zacky looked out the window for the sleigh :)
Dan helped Bryan put Zacky's plane together...
We had the adults exchange gifts since Kimmy had to work on Christmas Day...it was actually more fun this way....we laughed and laughed all night!! till 3! Devin gave Bryan an ax...did anyone order wood? nerd!!! and Jeff came over with a mustache, so bryan shaved handle bars and Dan shaved chops. gross
Devin also bought him bunny mug :) and jeff got a classic shirt from dan :)
We also did adult stockings early...you can tell by the pastyness of everyone how late it was!
Jared was crying :) the boys are out of control!
kimmy and devin slept in the hall...my room was crammed! it was a testy bedding situation ;)
nighty nighty :) austy and logan woke up while we were still downstairs and the morning coughing, as usual, was out of control, but it's always a fun party!!! (best part was when Kara got yelled at by Becca for jumping on our bed :)

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