Christmas Eve 2009

On Christmas Eve morning we went out to Big Cottonwood Canyon for some sledding and snowshoeing with Dan's brother, Matt, and his sister, Michelle, and her family. The guys went snowshoeing while Michelle and I took our kids to this awesome hill for sledding. I didn't take my camera (rounding up 3 kids is all I could handle!) so here we are about to set off:

Time for some fun in the snow!!!

We had such a good time - the weather was perfect and the kids loved sledding. Apparently the guys had fun too, they didn't get back for over 2 hours! Afterwards we rushed home to get ready for Christmas Eve Dinner at the Berg's home.

There was much food and laughter - the perfect combination!

And plenty of love to go around :)

We had such a wonderful time with Dan's family that night. The cousins all played together - I hardly ever saw my kids! We played a fun game of Yankee Swap among the adults, bringing home a new pack of much-needed scissors. Thank you Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dave for hosting such a special Christmas Eve!

Next, it was time to get home and get cookies and milk out for Santa. And we couldn't forget about the special Christmas Eve presents the kids get to open every year from Dan's parents, Carla & Richard.

New PJ's!!!

As you can see, Natalie was absolutely thrilled with her new jammies.

You can never go wrong with cats!

As soon as Nathan saw his new pj's he was ready to put them on...

Buzz Lightyear jammies! Grandma & Grandpa are the coolest!!!

And just look at those little house slippers! That is one cool dude right there :)

Tyler was still so excited about it being Christmas Eve that...
He was not interested in putting on pj's! But he had lots of fun watching his brother and sister open theirs up and get dressed - there is just so much to do when you're a toddler!
(whacking various things with swords...dragging bags of trash around...all in a days' work!)

Finally, we got the kids tucked into bed so that Dan and I could get to work. Next up, Christmas Day!