Christmas 2012

 Christmas was great this year!  It was perfectly calm and entertaining all in one.  We really enjoy that we don't have to travel 25+ hours to visit our families and can enjoy the days leading up to and after in our home and surrounding!

We spent Christmas Eve at Nana and Grandads for the traditional pancake dinner.  It was nice to be able to walk next door and enjoy the evening with them, Kimberlee, and Chris.

The next morning the kids were up super early, but we didn't do presents until about 8:30, which was nice.  We took turns opening and giving gifts and it was perfect.  I think everyone was pleased in both what they gave and what they got.

We were glad to be able to have Chris here with us as well.  He doesn't have any family here in Texas, except the Smith family!!  We enjoy his personality and Jag loves Chris the most!

Dave and Evan got a remote control helicopter, thanks to Uncle Shane for picking it up.  We had one from last year, but it broke and was not repairable, so this was a fun replacement.

Austin was happy on Christmas day and was quite enjoyable.  His favorite gift has got to be the Rubiks cube.  He has spent hours perfecting his technique and can currently solve it in under 2 minutes consistently.  He's going for 90 seconds!

After presents at home and a quick stop over at Nana and Grandads (forgot the camera :( ) we headed up to Park City to see Grandma Libby, Grandpa Irv, and Aunt Vicky and Jim and their kids.  We had an adventure trying to get our Texas 2 wheel drive Suburban up her extremely steep driveway packed with snow.  It took an extra hour to get chains on and unstuck twice, but we made it!!

Aunt Vicky and Grandma Libby surprised McKinley with an American Girl doll.  She named her Tori and they have been together 24/7 since Christmas.  Everyone was spoiled with another round of gift giving and sharing.

After all the gifts were done we were ready to eat.  We had our traditional leg of lamb, roasted root vegetables, and peas.  Dessert was a feast of cheesecake, key lime pie, and apple pie with ice-cream.

The day ended with everyone very satisfied and tired and ready for bed.  It was an awesome Christmas!