The Holidays in Review…

I started this blog hoping it would replace journaling and scrapbooking.  A few months ago it occurred to me that as a journal it was doing the job, but I didn’t post enough photos to adequately consider it a scrapbook.  So, in an effort to quell the guilt of not being a “real” scrapbooker, I’m throwing the pictures up of our holiday season.  So, feel free to scroll away…

Christmas Eve was spent with some good friends around the corner.  We had scrumptious  food, a hilarious white elephant auction, and our favorite games.

We started a new tradition this year.  It consisted of booby trapping the kids inside their rooms to prevent them from waking up too early and getting a peek at what Santa brought.  This new tradition being a last minute stroke of genius on my part, we didn’t have much to work with in terms of tools.  So we fastened a string onto the door of one bedroom and tied an assortment of metal measuring cups and spoons to the other end hoping that when the door opened, their escape plan would be foiled by all the racket.  (In theory).  The other door was blocked by a spare mattress and a chair.  We proved to be sneakier than the kids.  They waited patiently for us to come get them, oblivious of the danger that lurked outside the doors.  Now that they’ve caught on to our dastardly plans, we’re hoping they at least attempt to come out of their rooms early next year.

Christmas morning.  Despite Santa cutting back on the loot this year, everyone seemed to have made out well.

A few days later we packed up and headed south to Utah to celebrate the new year with my mom, my sister, and her family.

And in case you weren’t lucky enough to spend 6 hours in a car packed with miscellaneous belongings and four bored-to-death-because-we-didn’t-bring-the-car-with-the-DVD-player kids, here’s a little sampling of the fun I captured with my nifty new Flip camera.  Now.  BE GRATEFUL!

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