Ingrams : Merry Christmas!

What an amazing Christmas we had this year!

We have the amazing blessing to have my sister and her family in town as well as my Aunt, Uncle, Cousin and Grandparents. Having family in town was just the icing on the cake this year!

We started out the weekend festivities with a Christmas Light Limo bus ride with the entire Craig family. We drove around (All 22 of us) for 3 hours visiting various houses with amazing lights/light shows. Then wrapped up our night as Bosa Donuts. I am pretty confident that the kids could have been put in the bus by themselves and driven around town with no destination and they would have been thrilled. They just wrestled and played in the back and the Christmas Lights were an added bonus. SO much fun!

Then we spent Christmas Eve with the Ingram family at our house listening to the story of Christmas and then Polar Express- Which we got about 3 minutes into before all kids were distracted and no longer listening. Then we finished off the night with our traditional Christmas family games. Eric, new brother in-law of the family continued to win EVERY game as he always seems to do... Beginners luck... ;)

Then Christmas was spent bouncing from house to house but the lions share was spent with the Craig family. It was mad craziness having all 9 grandkids and everyone else in one house opening gifts but it was a blast. The kids spent the rest of the afternoon/evening distroying the house and then the latter part of the evening swimming in Bop Bop and Grandmas pool.

Overall an AMAZING Christmas season this year. We feel so blessed for all that 2012 has brought us- between the ups and the very far downs of this crazy year- we have SO much to be grateful for this year. Our beautiful kids, a wonderful marriage, good health and amazing family are at the top of the list.

Thank you to everyone who helped us through our struggles of 2012- How blessed we are to have such supportive friends and family!

Heres to an amazing 2013!!

All 9 cousins together and matching :)

The whole clan out to see Christmas lights!

Van having a blast with his cousins and my cousin Josh :)

In a yard watching some lights play to music

Van was in heaven with all the lights!

Then we got to the Mesa Temple and since we wouldn't let Vander run like a crazy man around in the mob of people he threw a tantrum

While he was still throwing it- we tried taking a family photo

Helping Mommy make Santas cookies!

Cookies and Milk for Santa- Carrotts for the Reindeer

Reading Polar Express

Playing Christmas Bingo- Reese won ;)

The good ol Christmas Tree game... I almost won.. until it was STOLEN from me..

Darn you Eric...... I wanted those movie tickets..

Santas loot!

Always the most excited for the candy

Santa brought her her first baby doll

They both LOVE their new kitchen. Vander was cooking his animals in the microwave.

Just rummaging through all the stocking stuff

When no one is watching, she does things like this... This girl is crazy

Joel assembling Vans new water table. Can't wait for summer for this one!

Eating Wendy's delish breakfast cassarole!

Chompin on crackers while we open gifts

LOVING the new Minnie Mouse from Grammy

New Farm sounds book from Grammy- HEAVEN

And..... past nap time... melting into Minnie

I got a new camera lens from Joel for Christmas.. I couldn't help but snap a few pics of my dad and Presley with it. These were a few cute ones I just had to post :)