Christmas

Christmas afternoon we headed over to Brady's parent's house for a Christmas lunch.  We had Mexican food, which is a tradition in Brady's family.  Brady's mom then wanted to take pictures because the whole family was there.  The kids were not so excited for it but they cooperated (sort of haha). 

 I don't know why the heck I'm standing like I am, but it is what it is.  Haha.  Here is the whole family!

 For some reason we are doing duck lips in this pic...not sure how that came to be.  Gotta love it. 

 We then opened presents.  Kolton got roller blades and Bentley got some cars and a car carrying case. 

 Kolton did amazing for his first time roller blading ever! He is so talented with his coordination. 

We ended up leaving around 6.  Bentley was really tired and we were too after getting up so early! It was a wonderful Christmas, as always, and I was sad to see it end, as always! :) 

Christmas morning

Oh Christmas morning!! It is just such a magical and exciting time!! Bentley woke up at about 5:00 and so I brought him into our bed to see if he'd fall back asleep.  He did but Brady didn't! Haha.  Brady ended up deciding to wake Kolton up at 5:30.  He brought him into our room (he was so excited!!) and didn't let him look in the living room on his way over.  We then had him wake up Bentley.  Bentley was just the sweetest when he woke up and saw Kolton.  He gave everyone hugs and was in a good mood.  We then let the kids come out. 

 Santa had brought Bentley a basketball goal and as soon as he saw it he knew what to do.  :) Oh my, he loved that thing and wouldn't stop playing with it!

 Kolton was pretty stoked that Santa brought him NBA 2k15 and Just Dance.  He even then got a bonus game: Madden15.  Just Dance and NBA 2k15 have gotten a lot of use over Christmas break!

 Kolton was so full of excitement opening his gifts.  It was so fun to watch! I went back and forth video taping and taking pictures so we have moments captured with both. 

 Bentley really wanted Kolton to hold him and Kolton being the amazing brother he is, obliged, even though he was in the middle of opening a present. 

 Bentley figured out how to climb on things Christmas morning.  He was oh so proud of himself for getting up on that box! :)

 Kolton helped Bentley go through his stocking to see what he got.  I just love how sweet and loving he is to Bentley and Bentley can tell his brother loves him and so those two have a sweet, special bond. 

 As you can see, Kolton was extremely spoiled this year for Christmas.  I mean, seriously!!

 The boys got each other gifts and Kolton picked out this Mickey ball pit.  Bentley thought it was so fun to climb in it and throw the balls all around and walk around in circles in it.  It was too cute!

 Bentley got Kolton this wobble bubble ball.  It feels like a bubble, works like a ball.  :) You inflate it to be about 3' tall.  Kolton thought it was pretty cool. 

 

 

We relaxed, Skyped with my family, and had such an amazing, enjoyable Christmas morning.  Our family is so blessed and loved this time of year. 

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was so fun!! Brady had to work until 2:00 so Kolton, Bentley, and I enjoyed our morning together.  I did some last minute wrapping and started working on getting dinner ready. Kolton also wanted to Skype with my family so we did that.  It wasn't working so I ended up having to just create a new account.  Kolton always loves talking to my family on Skype.  He always gets super hyper and crazy.  :)  Kolton and I also made the sugar cookie dough we were going to use that evening.  We ended up eating dinner around 4:00.  We had a delicious ham dinner with way too much ham! Haha.  Bentley slept through the whole thing too.  Such a bummer.  It was awesome though!

 After dinner we ended up making the cookies.  We were just going to make the cookies but then the Elders were running late so we ended up frosting them without them too.  Kolton loved it.  Maddi ended up coming over and doing them with us and that was fun!  

 Bentley found his hat and thought it was so fun to have Brady put it on and then he'd pull it off and then do it again and again! :)

 Here are Kolton's cookies he made. 

 Kolton challenged Maddi to Indian leg wrestling.  He tried so hard but never lasted more than a second before she'd flip him.  Haha. 

 Kolton made special cookies for Santa and put them on his plate. 

 We brought the Ping-Pong table inside to the living room because it was so cold outside.  The Elders wanted to try a hand against Brady that evening.  Bentley loved watching people play and Kolton loved playing!! Bentley's head just BARELY fit safely under the table while walking around.  Like seriously, if he had socks on his head would have hit.  Haha. 

 It was getting late and Bentley was getting tired so we let him open his Christmas Eve present before the Elders got there.  He actually helped unwrap it and thought it was pretty fun. 

 Surprise! He got new jammies! :)

 Once the Elders got there we made everyone open their presents right away so I could get a picture of Kolton and Bentley before we put Bentley down.  We got the Elders OU pajama pants.  We hadn't met Elder Zeyer yet (the one on the right) and so Elder Peterson gave us a funny picture of him so that we could print it out and give it to him as a joke.  He thought it was pretty funny.  And don't you love their sweaters?! Haha.  They were at the Widdison's house before ours and they made them wear Christmas sweaters to be fun and festive.  Haha. 

 Kolton was pretty excited to open his and really liked his pajamas. 

 Sweet brothers before sending Bentley to bed.  :)

 We stayed up too late and played lots of ping pong and ate lots of cookies and listened to lots of Christmas music and had a good time with the Elders and Maddi.  Once they left we got ourselves ready for bed and put Kolton to bed.  We totally forgot to read the story of Christ's birth and everything.  I couldn't believe it.  Anyway, it was a wonderful Christmas Eve and we were all super excited to celebrate Christmas the next morning.