Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!! This has been kindof a crazy holiday season for our family. I went on a vacation to Hawaii for the first part of the month, which threw me way off...it didn't feel very 'Christmasy' while I was on a beach getting a tan! Not that I'm complaining...In addition to that, the boys left on December 20th to spend Christmas with their mom and stepdad in Virginia (and then they all traveled to Tennessee to spend Christmas with their mom's family.) They were very excited to see their mom since they haven't seen her for four months...so it was good for them...but sad for us. It was definitely not the same not having them here. But we still had a great time spending time with our families and Kyla. She is getting to a really fun age now...she was very excited for Christmas.

We had an 'early' Christmas with the boys the night before they left. We went out to dinner and let them open their present from us. (We let Kyla open one that night too.) I played a trick on them (as I learned to do from my own mom), and sent them on a scavenger hunt to find their presents. It was pretty fun to watch...and we got it on videotape. At the end of their scavenger hunt, they found their presents in the garage. Hunter got a new laptop, and Colton got an electric guitar and amplifier. They were both pretty excited about their presents. Of course, they immediately started playing with them, so we didn't get to our traditional gingerbread house as I'd planned. Kyla and I did it a few days later.

We spent Christmas Eve with Craig's family, then spent Christmas Day with my family in Ontario. We had a great time spending time together...as usual. And I even got Craig to play Canasta with us this time! We hope everyone else had a memorable holiday and enjoyed spending time with loved ones!