Sunday after church we drove up to the cabin to spend Christmas. There was a lot of snow. The kids were thrilled and went sledding as soon as they could.
They also dug out a snow cave with the help of dad and Uncle Spencer.
It was fun to play outside. Sunday and Monday it was just us playing in the snow but Tuesday Matt and Tara and Peter and Lila came up,
They also went for Teryx rides- the kids went sledding down the hill and the teryx brought them back up. That reminded me of my childhood days sledding at our cabin and a snowmobile pulling us back up.
On Christmas Eve Jake and I went snow shoeing with Matt and Tara. It was so fun and so beautiful.
Before we left Logan Kaylee helped Oma make gingerbread and cut out all the houses. Kaylee loves baking so it was a great activity for them.
Before we left Logan Kaylee helped Oma make gingerbread and cut out all the houses. Kaylee loves baking so this was a great bonding activity.
On Christmas Eve we did our traditional gingerbread house making/decorating.
That night the kids got to open one present from Oma and Papa. Of course it was pajamas and slippers.
Christmas morning we made the kids wait until 7:00. They woke everyone up by singing Christmas songs.
The kids got to all "opened" their stockings first and then checked out their Santa presents. Emma was happy to get a LOL doll, a Jojo bow, and some squishmallows.
Brooke got squishmallows, backpack, robe and clothes.
Kaylee got clothes which is all she wanted.
Austin got a drone, clothes and squishmallows.
After all the morning festivities-presents and breakfast the pellet guns were brought out to shoot the gingerbread houses we'd made the day before. It's another Williams family tradition.
Kaylee and Austin were pretty good shots.
I struggled because I couldn't keep my left eye closed to aim. Jake had to cover it for me and then I did just fine.
Unfortunately we had to drive home on Christmas day so after getting the van unstuck from the driveway we hit the road.
When we got home there were more presents waiting under the tree. We all got new sleeping bags and electric toothbrushes. The kids also got presents from Grandma and Grandpa. They all loved what they got- Emma flipped out when she got lol dolls, Austin loved his remote control car, Brooke got a big squishmallow and Kaylee an art kit.
The kids got Mr. Grinch socks for Jake- and he got clothes and a wallet.
I was totally spoiled with an apple watch, computer, and my parents gave me a box of pictures from my childhood. It was so fun to look through them.
To finish off our Christmas week we went to see the lights at Scentsy.
