It's here!

It was a pretty quite year this year as far as Christmas goes. It was not our turn to have everyone here.

 We had to do the saran wrap game for the kids. They loved it last year so now it's a tradition right?

 Then the best part is after dinner we head to the living room for carols and fun Christmas music.

 There must be piano duets. It's a rule.

 Christmas day we head up to Ashley's house for a lovely soup dinner. And I do mean lovely!

 Then we had a tea party with just us girls. We had to break in Shay's new mini Royal Albert tea set.

She was adorable.

 Christmas Eve was at our house. Hayden and Megan were back for the huge festivities. Well dinner and games lol.

 Kallie loves watching the action in the kitchen.

 And she's really into buckles. She can do them up but not take them apart but who can resist helping her with all her little pleases.

 And all good days stay with a visit to the park. Even Overton Park.

No pictures of New Years Eve itself except us trying to torture Rees with whipped cream in his hand when he fell asleep before midnight.

It was a quieter year with just the two of us for Christmas morning but it was still great. Very relaxing actually. Ashley invited us to her house but we opted to sleep in. We are old! Christmas is such a wonderful time of year no matter how many of us there are. We are so blessed it's good to reflect more on that as we enjoy being with our family near and far.

It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas

We picked up Hayden & Megan & Kallie at the airport and got to spend a few days with them before they headed up to St George for Christmas.

 Hayden broke out his hotwheels to introduce them to Kallie or so he says.

 Not sure who had the most fun.

 They were here for Cooper's Christmas program. He played Santa.

 More playing going on.

We had such a great time with Hayden & Megan & Kallie while they were here. We enjoyed every minute we could before they had to go.

Christmas Comeau Kids

 Get ready for the fun!

Oh my goodness how cute are these grandkids!

Rees

Cooper

Dane

Shayla

I adore these pictures AND these kids!

The Christmas Express aka The Polar Express

This year for Christmas we wanted to do something a little different especially it wasn't the year everyone would be home for Christmas. We loaded up Christina and Ashley's family and went to Park City for the weekend. We stayed at our time share and had a blast. Friday night we headed to the Heber Creeper and rode the North Pole Express! It was pretty fun and really cold. Shay really got into it and danced and danced with the elves.

I got these ornaments for the kids this year.

It was really cold.

 We even had a visit from Elvis.

 Aunt Chrissie was the life of the party,

 And so was Santa!

 At the condo the next day we played in the game room. We did cupcake wars. We had a fun time inside. Ashley & Benjy took the kids outside to play in the snow,

 That afternoon we did some shopping at City Creek and had dinner at the food court thinking it was our best option and it was sooo crowded. After dinner we braved the cold and toured the lights at Temple Square.

We got got up Sunday and headed home and decided it was such fun we'd have to do it all again sometime. It was a great mini trip. Just right!

Way to Go Haydo!

Who knew when we stopped off at Wake Forest in 2009 we would be sending one of our kids there years later to grad school?

 2009

 2018

He will walk in the graduation ceremony in 2019 but he was officially finished in Dec 2018.

It's so exciting to watch our kids finish up their goals and make their way in life. Hayden has worked really hard to make this happen. He finished #2 in his program cohort. Lots of work and lots of dedication by hm and Megan both.