Tis the season...

This past weekend was Christmas and as it was very busy it was so much fun and like always hard to leave.  We love the family time, catching up with everyone and finding out what is new with each others lives.  Sadly because everyone is so busy it is not often we all get together, but when we get to it is always a good time.  Before we left for Omaha on Thursday (Dec. 22) we opened a few gifts of our own here.  The boys got some toys and then Jared gave me a new camera!!! I was sooo excited we needed a new one and I wanted a nice one and boy did he spoil me and can't wait to post pictures now even more excited to post now:).  The boys got a couple things and gave me a gift card for a massage and they gave daddy a really neat handmade frame that we can write daddy special messages on.  After that we went into Omaha to just hung out and helped Janet get things ready on Thursday and Friday then Saturday (Christmas Eve) we opened the kids' gifts in between work schedules.  Brandon (Jared's brother) had to work in the morning and Tara (Jared's sister) had to work at night and Braeden went with his dad at 10 pm until Dec.26th.  So we started opening gifts and all the kids did GREAT!  Tristan slept until 10:30am, yep I said 10:30 am he went down about 8:45pm and must have been tired.  Then Landon went down for nap about 10:30-1:30 so Tristan opened his gifts and some together gifts and then Landon joined in when he woke up.  They got waaaayyyy to much and got spoiled too much from everyone.  I know it is part of it but I hope everyone knows how thankful we are for everything they got.  They loved it all and I am sure it will all seem like new toys for awhile now.  Their birthday gifts are still new to them!  Then at 3:30 we all rushed to make 4:00 church, which was very crowded but VERY nice to all go as a family.  It was so packed we had to sit in the chapel because everywhere else was packed, but our boys didn't want to sit that much in church so we didn't sit much either:).  After church we went back to Rich and Janet's and made dinner and just hung.  We were all pretty mellow and just hung out watched Home Alone 2.  Sunday we got up and got ready and the adults opened their gifts then went out to Den and Cathy's for the Bodammer Christmas.  It was nice to see all the aunts and uncles and cousins.  They are always so nice and loving!  It was a late night for the boys but they did AWESOME for how late it got.  They were not so sure about Santa but Tristan was trying to be so brave but Landon wanted nothing to do with him, nothing.   The boys had ham for the first time and absolutely LOVED it.  Monday we just hung out for the morning and packed up to head back to Sioux City for my practice at 6.  Tomorrow we will open some more of the boys' gifts, Tis the season.

That took me waaaay to long to upload those pictures will try and do more but no promises.