Christmas 2008

Well it has been a very long time since I have blogged and thought it was a perfect day to do it. Our Christmas season has been very busy this year. It started off with Isaac's Christmas program at school. This year they did little skits and were either suppose to dress like a student or a teacher. Isaac decided he would just go as a student that way he could wear jeans to the program. It was very cute and he did a fantastic job. It is always hard for me to sit there and watch him up there it brings tears to my eyes to think he is growing so fast.

We then were scheduled to have Eli's program later that week but that got cancelled do to a snow storm which everyone especially Eli was disappointed but he still gets to have it it just got rescheduled for January. I am hoping that him and all his friends remember their parts and songs when we have the program. We plan on practicing with them the first couple of days of school.

The boys were then scheduled to have their church Christmas program on the Sunday before Christmas but that too got postponed due to the big storm. Luckily they moved it to Christmas Eve night. Which really worked out great because originally the only ones that were going to be able to see it were us, my mom & Nick's mom cause my dad was going to stay out in Sioux Falls to babysit my brothers dogs and Nick's dad was heading to Nevada to watch Aubrey's Christmas program at their church which was schedule the same day. The fantastic thing about them moving it to Christmas Eve was not only did Nick & I get to be there but so wasn't my mom and dad, my brother Joe & Chrissy, Nick's mom and dad, his brother Jeremy, Kristin, Aubrey & Imrie, Liz & Jeremy, and Grandma Sabby. So it actually worked out alright for all of us. The boys were so excited to do their parts and sing their songs in front of both families!

Then the celebrations began. We went after church service to Nick's parents house and ate supper and opened up gifts there. The next morning we opened up presents at our house with the 4 of us. We then went to my mom & dad's later that morning and did gifts there and ate lunch. We stayed the whole day which was so nice and played games together. It was a nice relaxing day. The next two days we were at Nick's parents house which was great. We loved being able to see Liz & Jeremy, Jeremy, Kristin, Aubrey & Imrie so much. In fact Isaac spent every night over there and we didn't see him until Sunday night when he finally decided to come home.

On Sunday Jeremy & Kristin and the girls headed home and we said goodbye to Liz & Jeremy that night when we headed home since they were flying out on Monday morning. That was a really tough time for the boys especially Eli. He has a very special bond with his aunt Lizzie and hated the fact that she had to go. He is always sad about her leaving but for some reason this time was extra hard. He cried and cried and it took him a couple of days to adjust to the fact that Lizzie had to go back to Las Vegas. Needless to say he is waiting for the day she flies back and is hoping that it is sooner than later!! :)

We had a fantastic Christmas 2008 and hope that all of you did as well. I wish that the New Year will find all of you Safe & Healthy.