Christmas 2011

So, we get home and re coop from Wedding/Baptism/Thanksgiving Trip and I'm thinking that should do me for like 6 months! Warren had a different idea, we we're heading South for Christmas! I can't cuss him now because we really did have a good time and I'm glad we went, but 2 weeks ago I was ornery at the thought of packing up spending another week South, I could've been perfectly content to stay here and have our own quiet Christmas in our Tiny Rental with our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree...
The kids got out of School on Wednesday the 21st, we packed up and waited for Warren all day on Thursday to leave, ended up pulling out of the Driveway around 5:30 pm, another late start on our 6 hour journey. I ended up reading the "Lost December" by Richard Paul Evans, aloud to Warren to pass the time, the kids had the iPad in the back busy with games. I stopped part way through it and Warren and I were talking about what was going on with the characters in the book and Kylan and Kylee started chiming in with their takes on what was going on! They had been listening and actually keeping up with what was going on! Good thing it was a Richard Paul Book and not a James Patterson! I really thought with the iPad to entertain them there was no way they were listening, just goes to show they ALWAYS have one ear on ya no matter what. We got to my Mom's at about 11:30, Rian and Maci were staying the night while Shad and Jeri were in Vegas and they had waited up, so they had a ball together and stayed up half the night giggling. Friday night we had a Reber Christmas Party with lots of food and a mean game of Christmas Bingo, if Shae had had a visor and smoke in his mouth he could've passed for an old Lady sitting at the Bingo tables in Mesquite, it was hilarious! Christmas Eve Shawn and Stacie, and Shae and Kristin had brought their kids over and everyone went down to the Pool House and swam. The kids had a ball, they have gotten to be pretty awesome little swimmers thanks to Grandma's Pool! So then they were really beat and we still had to shower and get ready for the Christmas Eve Party in NewCastle, they were really fun to get ready... My poor Mom! At this point my kids have already started the Morphing thing and Warren was out to NewCastle for the day checking cows, so this is when my Mom starts wondering when we're leaving!! ;) We spent Christmas Eve in NewCastle at my Papa and Grandma's house it was fun to catch up with Family we rarely see! When we got back to my Mom's I told the kids they were not allowed upstairs until 7:00 am, when I woke up at 6 to shower and get ready I could hear them giggling downstairs, I still can't believe they stayed down there until 7 on the dot without complaint! We had a great Christmas, the kids got more than they needed but not to much, so it was perfect. My Mom gave us a new Camera that I needed really bad, hence my lack of pictures the last 6 months or so, my camera broke a few months ago and my phone hasn't been able to take pictures forever, so I've been using Warren's iPhone to take what pictures I could. Warren hasn't surprised me on Christmas since we were first Married, it's hard to surprise me, I was opening a box that I was sure was just another bottle of perfume or some kind of Jewelry and it was a new iPhone 4S! YAY!! So now between my Camera and my Phone, if I'm somewhere without a way to take a picture, I'm retarded!! We went to Church in Kanarra with my Mom and Brad, had a little lunch then headed out to NewCastle where the kids had one more present, Warren had a friend call him a while back wanting to know if we were interested in a Pony, with Kirby getting bigger and thinking he is big enough to ride by himself all the time Warren caved. So now each kid has their own horse to ride, they spent most of the evening taking turns and riding. Kylan is to big for a Pony but still had a ball riding her around. Gaylene had made a big Christmas Dinner and we sent the evening visiting Grandma G, Papa's house again and spent a few minutes watching the Bears game at Shawn's house. Monday was a kicked back day we spent most of the morning visiting around the table and getting amusement out of Grandpa Platt's ever growing Cat heard! I left around noon and headed to Cedar for a minute to have lunch with a friend and it was just what I needed, and so fun to chat and catch up with her for a while! When I got back, Warren had the Pony out again and the kids were roping the dummy off of her, Kirby really thought he was big stuff then! By the time Tuesday Morning got here I was wore out and so ready to be home, the ride home long, my sore body was not ready for another 6 hour car ride! We got home and Warren and the kids got everything unloaded into the house and it was Christmas all over again! The kids hadn't seen their Presents since Christmas Morning so we were up late playing with Christmas toys again.