Christmas

I guess I ought to do a little catch up on Christmas. The one thing that is great about being a student (Bryce being a student anyway) is that we get some good breaks. Bryce finished his semester December 14 and still doesn't go back until January 17! So we've still got him to ourselves for one more day. 

We made sure to decorate our Christmas tree and make some stockings before we left town for the holidays.  We drank some hot chocolate and watched Polar Express as we put the tree up. 

 Spencer hanging the ornaments. He loved helping. 

Mommy with the tree. Photo courtesy of Spencer.  

Daddy and Spencer. 

Since Bryce had such a long break we decided to make the drive out to Utah for Christmas. We left the 16th and came back the day after Christmas. The drive really wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Both Spencer and Owen did pretty well. We had to make a lot of stops, especially since Spencer is potty trained and refuses to go potty anywhere but the toilet. 

 We had plenty of coloring materials for Spencer. As well as plenty of DVD's to keep both of them entertained for a while. 

We discovered that a straw can entertain Owen for quite a while. It helped pass time on the drive. :) 

We had a great time in Utah spending time with family. I didn't take many pictures, but here are some of the ones I got. 

 The shepherd and baby Jesus getting ready for the nativity play. 

Spencer and Kaleb listening to Grandma Barbara's story.  Spencer loved playing with all of his cousins while we were there. 

Spencer with Santa Chad.  

Owen with Santa Chad.   

We of course went to the see the lights at Temple Square.  

We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with Aunt Sharayne and her family and Grandma Barbara. They really spoiled us. The boys ended up with a lot more presents from Santa than we expected. We loved being able to celebrate with them. Spencer woke up that morning kind of out of it. He wasn't too excited about opening the presents and didn't even try to sneak any of the candy that was in his stocking. After opening presents we were getting ready for breakfast and he threw up. Luckily it was a one time thing, probably because he refused to eat dinner the night before. And after that he was himself and was loving playing with Jaxson's new hot wheels toy! :) 

Owen with his new bear! He was pretty excited about it. 

After going to church we headed to Grandpa Gaisford's and spent the rest of Christmas there with Bryce's family. 

The next day we made the long drive home. Santa brought the boys some presents to our apartment, since he knew we didn't have enough room to bring them home with us. So we opened those and tried to get resettled. After being home for a day we packed up again and drove to Oklahoma to spend New Years with my family. 

Spencer was pretty excited about his big present! 

I didn't take a single picture over New Years. But I did get some good videos. Which of course aren't uploading. I am pretty sure I have similar videos from last Christmas. Aunt Sarah loves a good dance party with the nieces and nephews. Spencer and Owen were both getting into it. Hopefully someday I can figure out how to get them on here.

Anyway, we had a wonderful break. Bryce is ready to get back to school though. I'm not sure Spencer, Owen, and I are as ready as he is, but it will be good to get back into a routine.