Christmas memories

This Christmas was wonderful. It was so nice to spend time with family and friends. I got spoiled and got a camera and a laptop (all for the sake of blogging :). I don't have pictures, but we also did dinner at Grandpa and Grandma Bates house which was fun. Santa even came to their house. Here are some other highlights. I know it's a lot but I just couldn't pick what to post!

So, I love the tradition of opening pajamas on Christmas Eve together. It is so funny every year though when we tell our kids that they get to open one present. They get so excited so they rip it open to find.... pajamas. It is so funny how disappointed they always are. I act so excited to try to get them excited but they just sit there with a funny look on their faces. It just cracks me up.

Christmas day we went to Grandma Barnhill's house for dinner which was really nice. This is Erik's sister, Colleen. I think Evie looks so much like her.

The day after Christmas my Mom booked all of us rooms at Radium Hot Springs lodge. We used to go there when we were kids with our extended family and it was always so much fun. So this year we were excited to go. The first day we had a nice dinner at the restaurant. Here is a picture of me with my siblings (the oldest is missing, he lives in Texas and wasn't able to

come).

After dinner we did our annual talent show!!

Asher did karate, Hunter sang Jingle Bells, Lexi did a beautiful dance and did her Daddy Dance as Erik sang "Evie is my Little Girl".

And the best of all....... Erik and I did a lip sync to "Baby it's Cold Outside". My sister Candace choreographed it for us. It was so much fun! I'm sure I just made a total fool out of myself but I didn't even care. It was just fun to dance and sing with my hubby. There were dips and lifts, but that's a tad embarrasing to share, so here is a bit of a tamer clip :)

Another highlight was a Christmas story my Mom wrote with my kids' names in it. My mom is a talented, accomplished writer (goes to show that talents are not genetic at all!) so it is a real treasure. We also acted out the Nativity which is always fun. Hunter did not want to be the Angel so my brother in law Brad stepped up to the plate and even wore the costume!