New Years Eve

For New Year's Eve we went to a friends house and did some dinner and fireworks. It took the boys a minute to get comfortable with the fireworks, but once they did, they loved them, and were sad when they stopped.


Sky and David




Connor enjoys watching the show

Christmas Fun

Christmas Eve

We had a lot of fun celebrating Christmas. We had Papa Craig, Grandma Teresa and Uncle Bryan (aka Jesus). Grandma Erma was around for a bit as well. We had the Fife's famous tacos for Christmas Eve, then we let th boys open up their new pajamas to sleep in. After that, to keep with the true meaning of Christmas Papa and Grandma told the story of the nativity as best they could to two 2 year old using a felt board. After the boys were in bed we had some fun playing Scrabble and opening a few gifts of our own.








Christmas Day

The boys had a lot of gifts to open, and were kind of overwhelmed. Once they opened a few, they wanted to enjoy them, so we set the gifts aside and let them open them throughout the day. We are so grateful for all the wonderful things that our family and friends gave to us and have really enjoyed everything.




Grandma Connor got this cool digital photo frame from her kids. There were pictures of all her family, kids and grand kids. We tried so hard to help her understand it, but I think she might need some reminding.

BTW...if you are curious about the Uncle B being Jesus, it is a funny story. I have been making more of an effort to teach the kids about Christ, but am at a loss how to do that with two year olds, and we don't have a lot of things around the house geared toward two year olds. Anyway, I have an I-SPY bag that happens to have a small picture of Jesus in it. I was sitting with Skyler before bedtime doing the I-Spy, so I found the picture and asked Skyler... "Who is this?" He thought for a moment, looked up at me and grinned is cheezy little grin and said..."Uncle B!" At the time Uncle B had longer hair and a beard. Anyway, as embarassing as this is for me to admit this failure in my parenting, it is kinda funny.

Getting Ready for Christmas

We had a lot of fun getting ready for Christmas. The boys experienced their first Christmas tree, and helped the best they could to hang ornaments. They also enjoyed the decorations around the house. My favorite decoration growing up soon became their favorite. The crank ice pond with the twirling skaters. They loved to listen to the music and watch the skaters....so much that the pond is no more :( I am hoping David can fix it for next year. They also liked this inflatable snow globe with a snowman inside.


Connor and Skyler decorating the tree

Skyler decorating
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Connor enjoys the snowman.

Connor admiring the pond

We also had a lot of fun doing a chocolate calendar to count down to Christmas.

Vising Santa

We went to see Santa at Albertsons. They boys were a little timid, but eventually warmed up. They loved to give him "booyaas"


Skyler and Santa

Connor and Santa

We also went to see Santa at the mall on Christmas Eve with Papa Craig and Grandma Teresa. This time they didn't want to sit with him, but we still got some good shots.



The boys then got to ride a couple rides.