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.