Christmas Eve!

 Christmas Eve was on a Sunday this year.  We had 1:00 church and only went an hour since it was Christmas Eve.  She girls sang a song with the choir and it sounded beautiful.  After church the kids decorated their Gingerbread houses.  Then we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Eves for Christmas Eve nativity and party.  We had yummy food and then watched a couple lds.org movies and then read about the birth of Christ.  When we got home we exchanged our name gifts with each other.  Shaylee had Preston, Preston had Shaylee, Brecken had Landon, Landon had Addison, Addison had Brecken.  They all really took their time thinking about what the other would like, it was fun to watch their excitement to give their gift and watch the other person open them.  We then headed to bed and waited for Santa.

Christmas Eve Eve!

 We had to do our annual Christmas Eve Tradition a day early since Christmas Eve is on a Sunday. Dean's side of the family that lives down here and then Eves family that lives down here get together each year and go to kneaders for breakfast, and then we head over to Fiesta Fun for some bowling.  Every where was packing them in, but we were lucky enough to get in at both places before the crowd came.  Dean and Preston had to help a family move this morning and they meet up with us at the bowling ally.  Landon just wanted to go grab all the balls and bowl.  I ended up taking him and lake's over to the games, and letting them ride a few rides.  Over all it was a great morning spent with great people.  Christmas came so fast this year.

First Ever Christmas Light Fun Van

 I might have had a brilliant idea to borrow a 15 passenger van from so friends in my dads ward.  He asked them for me and they said we could use it on a Thursday.  We loaded up all 19 of us in the party van and headed out singing Christmas songs.  All was jolly and good.  The second house we saw had won the Christmas light fight on t.v. so that was a fun one, we saw a couple others on our way to another winner of Christmas light fights too.  When we reached the second house it was a must to get out and walk around and see the displays.  While we tried to get a family picture we realized Grandma and Grandpa hadn't made it over to check out the house.  We were all getting ready to go and mom comes walking over saying...Dad locked the keys in the van.  I had remembered that I had left a window cracked on my side to keep the windows from fogging up.  So we went on a mission trying to fit our arms through the window and trying to reach the lock.  Triple A was 45 minutes out, so most everyone headed over to get a hot chocolate and hang out at maverick next door.  My arm fit the best in the window so I kept trying while Matt and Dean pulled on the window.  My arm just wasn't long enough, and so Stephanie tried.  Anyway long story short...we ended up Shattering the van window while Stephanie's arm was in and Dean and Matt were pulling on it.  Glass was everywhere.  We all were so nervous about telling mom and hoping to be able to fix it before we returned it to the owners.  We all swept all the glass onto the ground and took of to go pick up everyone at Maverick.  They all got in not realizing we had busted the window, until mom noticed.  Needless to say the ride home was chilly, and that night mom and Stephanie cleaned the van extra good, and dad ended up having to go to Vegas to pick up a window that would work.  He also replaced the front window where a huge crack was (not by us of course). We had it back to them better then new by 12 the next day.  Wow!! it was a night where memories were made that's for sure.