Family Christmas Parties

 Santa and Mrs. Claus made a visit to Uncle Loren's house for the Washburn family Christmas party. The boys were so excited to see him! Hannah and I were unable to go this year due to a cold I had, so we had to stay home and wrap presents. I was bummed I didn't get to go, but I had lost my voice and just wasn't up to leaving the house.

We went to Twin for the Pettingill family party as well. We were there just for a quick weekend then went home Christmas Eve so we could be home for Santa to find us. It snowed really hard the whole time we were there, so Zander and Lucas got to go outside and play in the snow. Zander built this snowman all by himself.

 Lucky Stephen got this Star Wars shirt from his work party as part of a white elephant gift.

I got to reconnect with my cousin Alissa and friend Allie whom I haven't seen for the last five years, so we went out for dinner and had fun reminiscing. We forgot to take a photo though. After dinner we took the boys out to the South Hills to see the Christmas lights. They moved them from the house to a place right behind a gas station in Hansen for some reason. It was fun, but not the same as I remember it. It was snowing really hard while we were there, and the kids were in their pajamas because we didn't get out there until after 8:00 so they were cold, but they loved looking at all the lights. There wasn't a camel nor did they hand out candy canes, but it was a fun little trip.