christmas.....finally!

my dad kindly called today to remind me (for the 42nd time) that i hadn't blogged about christmas yet. he said that it's 1 month away from valentine's day and used that as his argument for the day. well dad.....i say that's youre most creative one yet, so i'll give in. here is the christmas post!!!

 

we always drove around raymond looking at christmas lights on christmas eve when we were little, and now that we have litte ones again, we renewed that tradition and brought granny hill along for the ride! ooooo.....awwwww

 

 

this was our 1st time to make a plate for santa as parents, and it was awesome! beckam was so into picking treats for santa and helping dad write him a note.

 

speaking of note, please tell me that you noticed my husband's tucked in hoodie. such a nerd! his nerdy ways won santa some of my mom's homemade chocolates though, and i'm sure he was thoroughly satisfied :)

 

 

i love this one of beckam! he just stole one of santa's candies and thought he was so sneaky!

 

my christmas pj'd boys on their way to bed! well.....my mom bought some pj's for beckam thinking they were christmas cuz they were red. turns out, they were just red with puppies on them, but he didn't know the difference!

 

awwww! can't get enough of these 2 little cuties!

 

the fondue! mmmmmmm......we love our christmas eve fondue! everyone dig in :)

 

 

kris loves the steak and only the steak. cars always fights me for the last man standing. dad eats about 3lbs of shrimp. mom always makes too much batter and worries about its thickness and then loads up on 7 layer chip dip. kait's always the 1st man down but loves the mushrooms, and cheese, and dust dips everything in ranch and is so thankful he joined the christmas even fondue crazy hill family :) oh and granny hill comes for the dip and used to use annie as a foot warmer while we sat around and ate and ate and ate!

 

 

cars decided to try a deep fried pickle this year....mmmmm i guess?!?!?

 

christmas morning is the best morning of the whole entire year! beckam couldn't get over the reindeer eating the carrot, and he was so excited to open presents.

 

dust got an ipod touch - yay!!!

 

big ron got one of the most thoughtful gifts ever from dust this year - a potty putter. how amazing is that! that's some father-in-law son-in-law love!

 

maddox chewed on presents all morning and loved the crazy christmas action!

 

beckam got like 48 new playdough colors and wanted to open every color to check it out. we now play with playdoh every morning before christmas. thanks santa!

 

the rest of christmas day was spent over at the peterson's, and we had tons of fun opening presents, eating good food, and hanging out together. sadly, this is the only picture i have to represent that fun :( beckam and aj loved their mini table and even tried some sparkling apple juice like the big kids. mmmmm!

 

anyway......i'm ending this post with a sad fact. we have not one christmas family picture. we have tons of the kids but none of us with them :( i promise you though, christmas was amazing! we loved every minute we had with our families, and santa was good to everyone, and i'm already excited for next year! happy new year everyone and dad......leave me alone for a day or two now eh ;)