Boxing Day

We had family Christmas with Jamie's side on Boxing Day.  It was great to have all the boys together.

Even Uncle Tyler managed to come out for a short visit.

All the boys having a good laugh with their new toys.

Christmas Day

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!  Here the boys are up at the crack of dawn.  LOL

Daddy isn't even fully awake yet.  LOL

But who can resist getting up for the happiest day of the year.

Stefan with his awesome new slippers.  :)

Our family this year.  As you can see we have welcomed back our bonus baby.  This was not planned but we love him so much we were happy to have him return to us.  Not sure how long it will be for but we will enjoy every min.

This year was the year for helicopters.  I am pretty sure everyone got one this year.

And motorized scooters.

And of course long boards.

Darien is getting to be too cool.  He will always be my first born and little boy.  :)

Rylan and his scooter.

The boys trying them out for the first time.  It is a good thing we were in BC so they could.  There is no way they could have done this at home with all the snow.

These parents sure plan things out well.  :)

Merry Christmas Grandma.  Everyone needs a little pick me up.  LOL

This year we did Christmas day with my family at my sisters house.  It was so wonderful to be all together.

Everyone had a great time.

There was so much yummy food.  I love family gatherings.  :)

Christmas Eve

It has been a long time since we have been to BC for Christmas.  It was so wonderful to be home for Christmas and to be with our families.  We did Christmas eve with my family at my moms house.  We did our usual of going to see a movie during the day.  This year we saw Frozen and it was a great movie.  Then it was time to head back to moms to open our Christmas PJ's.

It was great to have Trevor there this year also.

My brother and his family also.

Opening their cool pj's.

Our baby is back.  That is a whole other story but he was our Christmas present about a week before Christmas.  :)

Getting the tree ready

The stockings were not hung but they were ready.

Grandma Penni has a very small tree but there were a lot of presents. LOL  Merry Christmas everyone.

Christmas Concerts

This year Rylan's Christmas concert was based on the Grinch Story.  It was done very well and I really enjoyed watching it.  If only I could have understood it but it was all in French.

They all looked great and played their parts very well.

Keagan actually participated in his Christmas concert but not really performing.  He was in charge of the props and he was also a cloud.  :)  So fun

He enjoyed that role a lot more than just singing.

Stefan was so cute in his concert.

All their little actions and song is so cute.  I love watching my children perform and seeing their smiling faces up there.  What a great way to start of the season.

Castle Project

Can I just say I am not a big fan of these type of projects.  I always seem to get overwhelmed by them and we are usually finishing them the night before they are due.  LOL  I am a horrible mother and not very creative.  There are always those projects in the class that you can tell had major parent participation.  As you can see with our there was minimal parent participation.  LOL 

Rylan did a great job and was very proud of his project.  Another one done, only one more to go.  ;)

Bell Choir

Rylan was so excited to get picked to be part of the school bell choir this year.  I love everything about the bells and they did an amazing job.

They did a few different concerts.  This one is at the airport just outside the arrivals area.  It was so nice to be able to go and watch them perform.  It was so nice to set the tone for those arriving for Christmas.  Rylan really enjoyed being a part of this. 

Work Christmas Party

I have no idea how many years we have been going to Jamie's family work Christmas party but here we are again.  This year they had some great sparkle tattoos to have.

We had an extra this year.  One of Darien's friends came along and it was fun.  She is such a nice girl.

Here they all are with their tattoos.

Rylan is a real wild child with his unicorn tattoo.  LOL

Stefan on the other had is a little more tame with his purple sparkle skull tattoo.  LOL

The smile says it all.  Final year for sitting on Santa's lap.  LOL

The believers were way more willing.  Love the magic of Christmas.

Rylan was having a pretty major chat with Santa.  If only Santa recorded all his conversations with the kids.  I am sure there would be some pretty funny ones.

Keagan still got up there.  Another wonderful year and way of starting off the Christmas season.