Well, really ..to take up where we left off.... ha ha....
Christmas 2011 was just magical. It was great to have our college boy home...and have this stellar group all together again.
What set this Christmas apart from others ..what we will remember ..is how much fun the boys had giving gifts to each other.... There was a lot of hugging....
and more hugging...
and more hugging....
and you get the picture....
There was just a lot of fun...and Santa was so so so so good to us this year....
Thanks Mr. Santa Claus....
And there were thoughts of this boy preparing for his mission....
Wow...doesn't He look like a prospective missionary? Be still my Mother Heart... He just melts me!
And Wow...did we ever score! Aunt Chistine and Uncle Aaron gave the boys an autographed BYU basketball signed by that one guy named...Jiimmer Fredette... Ever heard of Him? Oh yeah...... Thanks Uncle Aaron and Aunt Christine..you really know how to please this bunch!
And the big surprise of Christmas Day was..........
A surprise trip to Walt Disney World and Universal Studios!! We had been planning this for weeks and it was so exciting to finally share this surprise. The boys were stunned...didn't believe it at first, thought we were kidding and then starting a yipping and a yelping ! Fun! And an added bonus was that we would be meeting up with the VanWagenen cousins for a couple of days on this trip. That made it even more fun!
It was a magical Christmas and a Christmas full of parties...
We had a Youth Progressive Dinner, A Neighborhood Open House, A Crowley Cousins Party, and a Wittwer Family Party and we also hosted a weekend with the VanWagenens. WHEW!! It was so wonderful to spend so much time with everyone we love. Here's a few pictures from some of those events.
Oh Cousin Fun!!
Love my Sisters...
More Cousin Fun
Love Love My Sisters!!
Cute Couples... Amazing and wonderful Brothers (in law) ok...whatever...these boys are my brothers.... I love them!
And Mike was there too...I am just bad at getting pictures of everyone!
After dinner and games, we enjoyed acting out the Christmas story..complete with amazing costumes..thanks Christine..
The ICS International Field Team Party.... Pure fun..The kids dubbed this group the "Third Side of the Family." It is so wonderful to know and be friends with such a wonderful group of people from several different countries.
Tired but happy Mrs. Santa...
Getting ready for the Wittwer Family Party..
What a group!! I hope we always keep this tradition..
The night is never complete without singing the "Hallelujah Chorus!"
And I want to remember this ....
Apparently this is what happens when the boys indulge Mom and go for a family drive to look at all the Bee -utiful Christmas lights! Ha ha!
They look like they are having so much fun..don't they! I was sitting up front just commenting about how beautiful this and that was and it was awfully quiet..so I turned around to check on the boys and this is what I saw... Ha ha!!!
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