A Very Webb Christmas

We had our first Christmas in Lehi this year. It was fun to have Christmas in Chris and Stacey's new house but also a little sad to miss out on all the family fun in Blanding. It was also the first Christmas that my parents were gone which was a little hard. Way more hard on them though. 

We had a great Christmas and love spending so much time with family. 

Decorating the tree for FHE

For another FHE we did the traditional cookie train. I made a naughty coal car.

 We started Christmas eve with making sugar cookies, caramels, fudge, and panoche for neighbors. We then went caroling to deliver those treats to the neighbors and finished the night with the story of Jesus' birth and the story of Skat the cat. 

After family time it was time to go home. It was our first Christmas morning at our house with just our little family. The boys were exhausted from all the fun. We of course left out cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. It was fun playing santa that night and watching their excitement in the morning. Although we did miss being with everyone. 

Enjoy one of Cody's famous videos. He's amazing. 

PS. Jaid has a special message at the end. 

Puzzles

While we were in Blanding I found my love for puzzles. You can laugh all you want but I loved it. Yes, I'll be one of those old ladies who always has a puzzle out in her house but at least I'll be working my brain and preventing Alzheimers.

Thanks to Stacey and Brooke who were my puzzle buddies.

Stacey and I worked on this one. I promised I finished it. I just didn't get a photo.

Brooke & I mostly worked on this. We did have a few helpers along the way.

I did this one by myself while in WA. Cody contributed randomly when he would walk by.

We did one more while in Blanding but I never got a picture! Owell! Every once in a while I have an itch to go buy a puzzle. Maybe I should!!!

Jingle Bell Rock

Carter LOVES music and has to bust a move whenever there is music on. We were singing Christmas songs with Carter one night in Blanding before bed and he loved it. He didn't want us to stop.

Christmas in Blanding: Part 3

Christmas Day

Since Christmas was on Sunday we decided to wake up and do stockings and then finish opening presents after Church. The boys woke up about 7 and were so excited. The first thing they asked was, "Did Santa come?". After potty trips and waking up the rest of the siblings we all went downstairs to see what Santa had brought us. 

The rest of the day was spent relaxing and eating Christmas dinner together and then later playing games. It was our final day in Blanding as we were all leaving the next day back to Utah County. 

We had a great Christmas in Blanding and love being with the Webb Family (and Johnsons). We feel so blessed to have such great families. 

We drove home the next day and literally repacked ourselves in time to get on a plane to fly to WA. 

Christmas in Blanding: Part 2

Christmas Eve 

After a week and a half of G&G Webb to ourselves the rest of the siblings showed up for Christmas. It was great having everyone together. Christmas in the Webb family is full of fun traditions. 

Picking a toy off of Great Grandma Webb's Christmas tree and dipping chocolates. I don't normally like chocolates but this year I was in love with them. I couldn't get enough. Must have been due to pregnancy hormones. Don't get me wrong, they are amazing.

Carolling with the Webb Family to deliver the chocolates we dipped

Christmas Eve dinner and party with the Johnson Family. 

Trey & Carter were wisemen for the nativity story. They were so excited to give Baby Jesus his gifts

Christmas Eve Jammies - They loved their Lightning McQueen slippers. Trey thinks he's a race car when he wears them and runs around really fast.

Leaving cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. Okay this really isn't a Webb tradition but I did this growing up and want my boys to do it. 

We put the boys to bed and I think Cody and I were more excited to play Santa this year than actually getting anything. It was fun to stuff their stockings and put out their Santa gifts. Christmas is really different once you have kids. It goes from being excited to open gifts to buying and watching your kids open gifts.

It was so fun watching the boys this Christmas. They actually understood Santa and presents but they also associate Christmas with Baby Jesus. They watched Polar Express about every other day in December and it is probably their favorite movie. They still ask to watch it.

Christmas in Blanding: Part 1

We headed to Blanding about the second week in December for two weeks during our job hiatus. We enjoyed being with family and the boys loved every minute of it. 

I normally make Christmas goodies for Cody's coworkers but since he didn't have any the neighbors benefited. Red velvet cake balls, peppermint popcorn, peppermint bark, and gingersnaps.

Blanding got a pretty good snow storm one night and the boys finally got to enjoy their first snow of the season. What is up with Lehi and getting NO snow! 

The boys loved throwing snowballs and making a snow castle with G&G

And then knocking it down which meant throwing them at everyone they could. Even poor Reggie got hit.

Look at those baby blues!!

Watch out Grandma!!

 

We enjoyed other things besides the snow like Bunco night with the Johnsons, movies, popcorn, lots of yummy food, and the boys got to enjoy their first and definitely not last, deer spotting outing. 

The boys were so excited to get to go in Grandpa's truck and pee in the bushes like Daddy. Oh the simple joys of kids.