Christmas 2010

What a fantastic Christmas we had this year. We must have all been very good because Santa was fabulous. The best part (as cheesy as it sounds) was just being together. I love my kids and hate being apart and having so much time off work and not having school was just awesome. I am so extremely blessed.

It was so fun to have G and G Cosper there Christmas morning.
Uncle Corey even came by.

Kylee has wanted this game for so long. We've played it about a hundred times already.

She also loves her pillow pet.

Here she is testing it out already.

I made my famous shaped pancakes breakfast.

And Uncle Corey entertained the kids And we even got to say hi to Uncle Carson when he made his Christmas phone call from his mission in Texas.

A great day for sure!

The Best Christmas Eve Ever

Other than being in a ton of pain (damn kidneys)....Christmas Eve this year was AWESOME. The Cosper's were in town and wanted to spend time with us and it was so much more fun then I thought it was going to be (no offense any of my Cosper side reading this). We started the day out bright and early by taking part in an old Cosper Family tradition that hadn't been fulfilled in years and headed up to Hardware Ranch for a Christmas Eve sleigh ride. It was a BEAUTIFUL day and made me think of my Grandpa Hebdon. It was absolutely awesome.

My kids loved the extra attention they got from Grandma and Grandpa Cosper.
And they loved the horses and all the elk we saw.

Kylee kept singing "come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you" over and over again.

It was gorgeous country

After I took this picture all I could think of was "I like Elk Butts and I cannot lie."

After Hardware Ranch we went home and changed and got ready to head over to Brent and Larry's for the Cogdill family party with the Cosper's. I am sad to admit that I have been a Cosper for nearly 8 years now and have never been to a Cogdill family Christmas party. Boy have we been missing out.

First off their house is GORGEOUS and so festive. I have never seen such a spectacular display of decorations in a house before.

Not to mention there was great food and wonderful family

And Kylee quickly made some great friends

But the best part of all was the famous ball game.

They go around in a circle until this ball is completely unraveled handing out all kinds of goodies along the way. The string has a shape on it and the shape dictates whether you get a present or a goody. Keep in mind the goodies were pretty cool too. My kids had a blast and loved it so much.

I stole this awesome ring from Cannon's stash.

It was such a fun time and we hated to leave but my extended family party was also going on and I didn't want to miss out. So we hurried over to my parent's house and participated in all our family traditions of singing and eating and visiting.

I love my cousin Aaron so much.
He is just around the age of Fred and Travis and I have so many fun childhood memories with him. I am so glad when he comes and hangs out with my family.

This is our China doll Joy. I love her.

I had took a video of us all singing Jingle Bells and was trying to upload it to Facebook. It never happened. It was a very fun time though. Probably the best Christmas Eve we have had in a very long time. Thanks Craig and Debbie for coming to Utah and spending time with our family.

Eisenbarth Family Christmas

My family likes to draw names within my immediate family and the Sunday before Christmas is when we celebrate just as our small (but getting larger) little group. I sure love my family and grateful for them in my life.

I was doped up on pain killers.

I don't know what Em and Gabby's excuse is.

Tonya and Daniel joined us via video conference.
I love technology.

Cannon was so cute. He drew Travis's name this year and anytime anyone would ask him what he wanted for Christmas he would say "Travis." He was just happy to have drawn his name I guess. Travis loved the hats Cannon picked out for him.

It was a fun night of gifts and laughs and songs.

Thanks to some help from a good friend at work I was able to get Gabby this signed picture of Charles Kelley from Lady Antebellum. She went just a little crazy. It was awesome and I was glad I played a part in her happiness.

It was a great party!

Ice Skating

I have been wanting to go Ice Skating for the longest time. It's hard to do things with 2 kids when it is almost always just you by yourself. Especially if it is something where they might need your help. This weekend was my chance to go and Kylee and I had the very best time.

Is she not the cutest little skater ever?

She was very nervous at first. Then I held her hands and we skated around a couple times really fast and she was hooked. She really wanted to try by herself and loved holding on to the wall and skating around the boards.

It was such a proud moment and a precious memory I'll never forget.

I asked her if she had fun and she said "the best fun yet mom."

She asked for roller skates for Christmas and today we watched both hockey and ice skating. :)

I sure love moments like these.

Early Christmas Celebration

Since we had family down this week it has been non-stop fun. I don't get to see my Eisenbarth family very often and definitely don't keep in touch with them as good as I should. Facebook has helped a lot, but nothing beats being able to spend time together. My adorable cousin Kirsten and her son Jude were so much fun to have around. I really enjoyed getting to know them more.

5 Generations
My Grandma with her favorite grand kids. :)

We sang songs and my grandma was so much fun even though she is not feeling well at all. She sang and was sassy and so funny.

She INSISTED we sing "Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer."

It made her laugh and laugh.

It was so much fun and such a precious memory.

We sang a lot of songs.

A great way to start our Christmas Celebrations.

There are many more to come.

Temple Square

This past week a group of my cousins came down from Idaho to visit my sweet Grandma Eisenbarth who isn't doing too well. While they were here we took them down to Temple Square to see the lights.

Waiting for the train to come.

It was a perfect night and not very cold.

In fact, I was hot most of the time.

Kirsten, Tami, Monica, Travis and Cody

This picture is the best! :)
It makes my heart happy.

I didn't even stage it either, it was a pure, real moment.

Kylee took this one.

It's always nice to have some sort of proof that I was there since I'm usually just always behind the camera.

This picture pretty much rocks!

I Love To See The Temple!

This Is The Place

Last night for family night my entire family (minus our favorite sister who lives in Oregon) went to This is the Place park and enjoyed the Christmas decorations and activities they have there. My younger brother Donny sings with the Carollers and so he always hooks us up with a very fun night.

It was fun to see Blizten and Vixen there.
Guess they are touring the world making appearances before the big day. We had a fun time riding the train...

listening to the carollers...

getting fun family pictures taken...

buying really big suckers...

making lots of memories...

learning new dances...

making useless but fun crafts...

being with our best friends...

taking silly pictures (this was Kylee's idea for a picture, she took this and the one above it all by herself)...

and visiting Father Christmas.

Kylee refused to go anywhere near Father Christmas and Cannon only came this close once he realized he had candy for him. :)

I didn't mind sitting on his lap. I need all the help with my wishes as I can get. Besides, he was sure to let us know we were his favorite of the night.

We all had a really good time...as you can tell by the fact that everyone is fast asleep on the way home. The weather was good (not too cold) and the activities were a lot of fun and it really made me excited for the holiday season. I am so thankful for school to be about done. This semester has been the worst yet.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!