Christmas Day

 I loved going to church on Christmas Day.  It was the perfect thing to do on the day we celebrate Christ's birthday!  It was nice that church wasn't until 1:00. 

Olivia and her Elf!  She loves this elf G&G made her at the elf party.  She also has a 'great' cheese smile for the camera! 

Christmas Morning

The kids waiting to go downstairs Christmas morning.  It always takes way longer than they want!

Olivia got a new playhouse and slide!  She loved it, but is a little protective of it!

Natalie and Mckay opening the craft kits.  We put together craft kits for all the kids to share. 

Mckay was so happy with his BYU shirt- hugging dad to say thanks!

We were lucky enough to have Sam and Shauna spend Christmas morning with us.  (They also happen to come Christmas Eve and help with final preparations way into the early morning hours. Not sure how we could do it without them!) They have for the last few years, and it just seems natural to have them here with us!  Olivia was happy to have someone to read Elmo to her!

The boys were excited to get a few new Wii games and their electric scooters.  Natalie loved her American girl doll and the Daybed for her dolls.  It was a fun Christmas Morning. 

The Nativity

 The Traditional nativity at G&G Bradley's house.  Jenny and Derek were the narrators.  How would we do it with out them?!

 Olivia was a wandering sheep.

 Grandma made all the girls in the family aprons.  Olivia's happened to have a hat with it.  So cute! 

 Natalie was excited to get a new make up kit from Grandma and Grandpa. 

I missed a picture of the boys getting a new Wii game they were so excited about! 

Santa Clause Came to Town

 We had the annual Blair Family Christmas Party at a church this year.  I guess that is what happens when we keep producing more grandchildren!  Santa made his special visit and surprised all the kids with little gifts.  Everybody was excited....

 except Olivia. 

 I had been talking about Santa since the beginning of December, trying to get her excited to meet him!  We talked about how nice he was and how he gives you treats!  But, it still didn't work. 

 She didn't want anything to do with him.  Natalie was happy to tell him she wanted an American Girl Doll.  A real one this year. 

 

 

 But she was happy with the treat she got!

 Mckay wants a Motor Scooter.  That's all.  

And Nick let him know he wanted a new DSi.  I think this was a last minute decision!!  He originally wanted Squeenkys and a soft pillow. 

Temple Square

 We finally took the kids downtown to see the lights.  We have Never done this before!  I always have intentions of doing it every year, but then talk myself out of it.  It was actually fun!  We didn't freeze too bad and the night we went wasn't too crowded.

 We packed some Hot chocolate to keep us warm!

 Olivia loved seeing the "big Jesus" as she called Him.  She wanted him to hold her and wasn't very happy that he couldn't! 

Elf Party

 Grandma and Grandpa Delahunty had an awesome Elf party/SLEEPOVER for all the grandkids.  They were decked out in full Elf Attire.  The kids were counting down the days until the party and had a great time.  Olivia was a little freaked out by Grandpa's hair- he normally doesn't have any!!  We decided to keep her with us, but the rest of the kids had a great time. 

They made these cute little elves like all the boys had growing up.  

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning the kids slept in until 7:30.  They all got their robes on and anxiously awaited for us to let them come down the stairs to see if Santa really came.  

Yep, he did! Running around and finding their stuff!

Nick got these glasses in his stocking and wasn't quite sure what they were for!

Same with Mckay!

Natalie checking out her stocking.

After Mckay had opened a train set and his stocking, he was so sad there was no Red Ryder.  But, he and Nick obviously forgot where Santa puts Red Ryders!  In the back corner behind the tree right?!

Ohh the Joy!

Something just doesn't look right about this! I am not sure how Santa talked me into this. Guess this is what the protective glasses were for. 

Natalie was so excited about her new doll,  Mia Bella.

The Santa Letter:

Sam and Shauna came over late Christmas Eve and spent the night.  They were so much help getting everything ready.  We love you guys and loved having you here with us.

We are finally the proud owners of a Wii!  We spent the week after Christmas in our jammies and boxing each other. Wii boxing that is. I have to say that my arms were pretty sore!

Olivia finally woke up and was happy!

She got a dolly and elmo, but mostly liked the little things that fit in her mouth.

Olivia helped me open my new bosch!  Yay!  I might start baking up some home-made bread this year. 

Christmas Eve

This was the first Christmas Eve spent at home and we loved it.  The kids were so excited all day to hurry and go to bed!  We started the night by making a feast to eat with a turkey, rolls, glass window jello, salad, and stuffing.  Before we ate, we set the feast up on the bar and on the table put a loaf of bread.  We talked about how Jesus is the bread of life and if we realize that in our lives we will never hunger or thirst for more.  We then ate the feast and quickly cleaned up so we could head downstairs for the rest of the festivities.  The kids opened up new jammies and pillow pets.  I had no clue how excited they would all be about pillow pets.  The kids gave each other gifts and they gave us gifts they had made at school. 

 Pretending to be asleep,

 Giving Hugs and thanking each other!

Off to bed we went in hopes that St. Nick would soon arrive!  Some of us didn't get to sleep until around 2:30 though!