Our Christmas was so busy. So, so busy. But really great! We spent Christmas morning at our house, with my mom. She spent the night so she could be there when we opened gifts, that's what we actually requested of everyone, but she was the only one willing this year.
We hung out in Blackfoot waiting for the storm to pass Christmas morning, in part because of the weather and because it took us at least four hours to open gifts (I'm not even kidding). Ryker may have been a little spoiled this year.. :) The look on his face as he walked down the hallway from his bedroom was priceless. By far the greatest thing I've witnessed. In some of the pictures (toward the bottom) you'll see he went directly for his Cozy Truck. That was by far the winningest gift this year. Even now, 3 months later, he is still in love. Christmas morning he got in it and immediately started going, "vrrrooom!" It was pretty funny.
Right before Christmas he went through a major growth spell, so I bought him a ton of clothes for winter. I didn't realize how crazy I went until I started unwrapping box after box full of clothes. He was a big helper throughout the morning unwrapping and throwing away paper as the rest of us unwrapped stuff. He would want his things pulled out of the boxes so he could play with them more than he wanted to continue to open stuff up.
His dad got a big present this year too, a Rzr, and Ryker is obsessed with it! Scott went out to plow the driveway and Ryk wanted to be outside with him, I got him ready - a gift this year was a snow outfit and snow boots - and he got to hang out in the Rzr while dad plowed. To get him off of it was like pulling teeth!
We had agreed to have Christmas dinner in McCammon, but I was questioning whether or not we should drive on the bad roads. We did end up going, but not till about 1-2 in the afternoon. We got to the Nelsons' and again we were completely spoiled. I didn't think we were going to get it all in the car with the four of us and two dogs. I told my mom we were going to have to tie her to the roof of the Tahoe like the National Lampoon movie. After we left McCammon, we dropped my mom off at her house and we finally headed home.
The pictures loaded from last to first, but you get the idea. Three sets of Grandparents later, three car loads stuffed to the gills, and a few hundred miles logged... The first picture is what my living room looked like after Christmas.
We had such a great Christmas. I don't think I had been this excited for the holiday since I was a child. Getting everything ready for Ryker was such a blast. I can't wait till he gets older and we can teach him what the Christmas season is really about. We are so lucky we have loving families who love us as much as we love them. I really was not crazy about all the driving we had to do, next year we will not be doing any, but I'm thankful we had an opportunity to spend time with each family individually.
I know I'm way late, but I hope every one of you had a magical Christmas just like we did!
