Holiday Happenings!

Connor meeting Aunt Soone
Connor Chillin's with Grandma.
Angela in her new hat!
Aedyn opening gifts at the mountains! He got a Bounce and Spin pony!
The view through the town of Running Springs!
Our family waiting in anticipation for Christmas to start!
Aedyn riding on his new tricycle!
Aedyn opening his basketball hoop!
Aedyn and Brayden enjoying a Christmas snack together!

Ok so I am behind on posting for the holidays. We had a lovely time at Mom and Dad's and the rest of the Moore Clan on Christmas day. As our family is extended, opening gifts (because the tradition is to open one at a time) becomes longer, and an all day event! I believe we started at 10:30 and finished by 5pm.
The next day I would not want to repeat ever, at least not until 7:30 pm when we finally got to Dad and Helen's house in the mountains. It took us 6 hours!!!!! It had just snowed on Christmas Day and all the "flatlanders", as Dad calls the people who come us to gawk at the snow, made the drive a nightmare. By the time we got there it was dark and both boys were screaming but Shane got us there safely.
Finally when we got there we had a nice time, opening gifts, spending time with family, talking, laughing! Then we got in the car the next late afternoon to go home, and it took us 1 hour to get through town to get to the highway (it normally takes about 10-15 minutes if that). All the people who came up for day to see the snow were leaving to go home so there was traffic again, so we opted to return to the mountain house and wait it out for another 3-4 hours until traffic died down. We finally left a 9 pm and pulled into the driveway at 11pm. Lesson learned!
Shane took New Year's week off as well so we were able to relax, go to D-land, and just enjoy our boys! Aedyn had the greatest time at D-land, he ran around Big Thunder Ranch and saw Santa, but not up close, and then he made himself at home on the Mark Twain by running around. He would look out to the water and scream "Duck" whenever he saw one. It was hilarious!
New Year's eve Nina and Brian came over, we played games, watched movies, ate junk food, and just enjoyed each other's company!

Overall the holidays were great, and the boys got spolied!