Christmas 2011

Since Christmas was on Sunday this year, we went to church and enjoyed a wonderful program by the Kaysville 12th ward choir. Elisha's dad is part of the choir, so that made it fun to watch, too. The great thing was the program was not the same old predictable songs. That really made the day feel that more special.

After 2 consecutive days of gifts, Harrison seemed overwhelmed, yet didn't care all that much. He was excited to get new things, so that was fun. This year we decided to put forth an effort on the Santa Claus gifts. The dear old man gave the boys one gift each. He decided that would work for him, too.

Harrison checking out the loot. His is on the left, Kendall's on the right.



Harrison LOVES candy canes! He eats them all year long.


Fun Sesame Street house for Harrison


Books were on top of the list!

Harrison's helping Kendall open his present. What a nice brother!

What did Santa bring?
Kendall enjoying his teething ball from Santa (he has 4 teeth!) We're also playing, trying to get Jason's Santa hat on Kendall's head.


Uncle Christian showing Kendall a baby picture of himself (Kendall).

Kendall is wanting to keep up with Harrison, so he has decided to scoot faster and pull himself up on furniture where Harrison likes to play. He'll be running in no time!


Harrison wanted to take some pictures, so following are just a few. They're kind of fun and really show Harrison's point of view as a 2 1/2 year old.


Of course we had a delicious meal by Grandma McCullough. It was great to just hang out and play and relax. Can't beat that!

Christmas Eve 2011

Christmas Eve was spent at Elisha's family's, the McCulloughs. We left St. George around 9:30, made only one stop, and arrived in time for the 3:30pm festivities (an hour to spare). Dad read the Christmas story, always special, then opened a few gifts. We've never been 'allowed' to open gifts before Christmas, so this felt like a pretty big deal - and so fun!


Jer, Mom, Tucker, Christian
Harrison & the fun blocks
Harrison's new favorite: Thomas the Train
Kendall checking out what Harrison got


Every year the McCullough family tradition is to see the lights at Temple Square - blizzard or not. This year was really nice and clear, but cold. Poor Harrison was frozen by the end of the walk and Kendall did not enjoy being bundled so tight.

Elisha, Harrison, Kendall, Jason

Zjani, Jer, Emma, Tucker

Is this not cute?! Harrison with Grandma and Papa


After a brisk walk at Temple Square, we went to have pie and hot chocolate at Elisha's sister, Zjani's, house. Her boy, Tucker, and Harrison are fairly close in age, and had so much fun playing together all night. Zjani's girl, Emma, and Kendall are just a couple months apart, so it's always fun to see what they do to each other.

Jer
Christian
Emma & Kendall

Thanks family for an enjoyable night!

Christmas Adam 2011

What's Christmas Adam? Well, that's the day before Christmas Eve; Adam came before Eve!
We spent the evening with the Kendall family (Namaw, Jeremy, & Brandon) as well as Elisha's Nana and Gramps.

Of course, the spread (below) A great excuse to the nice china.

Having fun with Namaw
Kendall got a walker! It has Cars (Lightening McQueen & Mater) to entertain Harrison too.

Of course, first you must put it together!

Harrison racing Kendall around. They're still having a blast.



Harrison LOVES his Lightening McQueen car. In fact, he slept with it that night.

Thanks (HA!) to Jeremy for the noisiest monster trucks!


The boys received the most wonderful trains, handmade by Jeremy. Harrison's is blue with green accents, and Kendall's green with blue accents. They're so especially nice that Elisha deemed them immediately not okay to play with, even they're durable enough.

Christmas jammies!

Presents with Kendall


Brandon wanted us to have a picture of him. The perfect one, don't you think?

Namaw Karen enjoying her photo board and admiring the various photos inside.

Homecoming 2011

Jason proposed to Elisha by creating a homecoming dance, and every year since has continued the tradition. The hard work and creativity he puts into this event every year does not go unnoticed.

Continuing our Harry Potter year, the "Yule Ball" was held on Friday, December 2. We went to dinner at Benja's Thai Restaurant, which was just plain nice and delicious! The plan was to next go to Dixie College's Dance Company concert, but the tickets had be misplaced (we found them on Monday). So we headed to the Dicken's Festival and spent money we pretended to have. Seriously, we got our Christmas shopping done right there!

After shopping like crazy, Jason took us to our hotel (Wingate). (Thanks to Jeremy & Brandon for watching the boys). Can you believe someone there had put Christmas lights in their window? I figured someone was living there and wanted to feel festive. Oops, it was our room! Jason had it all ready and decorated to reflect the yule season. So fun!


Drinking pumpkin juice we bought at Universal's Harry Potter. We also ate chocolate frogs!