Christmas!!!!

Christmas this year was super fun! Boulter Christmas party, with yummy food, the white elephant pass around, the nativity, and lots of crazy kids! I'm so glad we continue this tradition with my mom's side of the family! It is so great to see everyone, and I know my grandpa loves it!

Christmas with Christian's family was also a great time! We had it at his parent's house where we ha an excellent ham dinner with funeral potatoes, mmmm..... We watched a very cool "testimonies of the Prophets" dvd, and exchanged gifts. This year we decided to put together a little photo book for his parents and they loved it! It showed pictures of them when they were little and pictures of their wedding and it had family pictures of each kid. It was really fun putting together and I'm really glad they liked it. It was another great Thorpe Christmas!

On Christmas Eve we went to my mom's for dinner. After dinner we made and decorated gingerbread houses. The kids loved it! After that I handed out a new ornament for each person to write their name on it and hang it on Nana's tree. Nana gave each grandkid a present to open and they were new jammies! The kids put them on and then Nana read them a new Christmas story. This is a new tradition my mom started and after she reads them the story she gives them the book. It is so cute! the last thing we did was watch the claymation The Santa Claus. We got back to Jamie's house where we were sleeping and set out cookies for santa and went to bed.
Christmas morning we went downstairs and Santa had come!!! The kids opened their Santa gifts and we all opened the gifts in our stockings. Christian and I both got a Vikings shirt from Santa! After that we all exchanged gifts, ate a super yummy breakfast, and then the kids played with their toys and we took a nap.
Christmas night we went to Robyn's house for the Smith family party. We all mingled for a bit, took some pictures, and then had a great dinner. After dinner we played the white elephant game and there were some very hilarious gifts. We got the lamp from a Christmas Story!

So, Our Christmas was Excellent! And with Christmas gone it means we don't have to work as much which is always a plus! Now it is on to festivities for New Year's and my birthday!!! Hope you all had a great Christmas!!!
(pics coming soon)