9 Christmas Parties, 8 days of sewing, 7 days of shopping, 6 homemade aprons, 5 diet cokes, 4 trips to Ikea, 3 chipmunks, 2 days of 4 wheeling,

and an Upcoming trip to Hawaii....

Christmas is always crazy at our house. Josh built Bunk beds for the kids, I made them pirate quilts, and I also made a bunch of cute aprons for people. I loved sewing...I was my happy place. I'd put the kids down for naps, turn on October Conference and sew my heart out. I didn't cook dinner very often, but I always keep a lot of eggs in the fridge. We had a family party every day starting Wednesday, and we also had them the weekends before and after Christmas. It is so good to see everybody and catch up. I see most of my family at least a few times a year...but there is always more laughing going on during the holidays. We had an ugly sweater date night with my cousins, and a national lampoons party with my college friends. I didn't get pics of the sweaters, but they were good.

We took the kids to Alvin and the chipmunks on Christmas eve. And the day before we went shopping and out do dinner at the Spaghetti Factory.

Christmas morning was fun...we stayed up all night making over their bedroom, and after the presents were all opened, Milo was looking for "something else" we sent him down to his room to put something away and when he got there he said "holy crap!"

Josh surprised me with the dress I wanted and he got some clothes and the Karate Kid series on DVD. My mom and dad gave us our tickets to Hawaii for next month...and I am giddy about getting ready to go.

Christmas afternoon we went 4 wheeling at 5 mile pass, and the had a great time, so we decided to go back the next day and maybe every weekend after.