Winter Day at the Hansen's

We went back to my parents on Friday and played slap Uno all night. The winner of the round got to shoot the loser of the round in the butt with an air soft pellet gun. It doesn't really hurt but the anticipation kills you! Mom lost (again) and got shot the most, which then we mostly just feel bad for her. I would rather shoot my brother :) We went to bed at 1:30AM and Alex and Cam stayed up until 5AM playing online video games - a pair of crazies. We slept over and played in the snow the next day.

Christmas Day

We awoke Christmas morning to the doorbell ringing at 7:15AM. Grandpa and Grandma Hansen showed up early :) and then the kids woke up! We opened presents all morning (well the girls opened a bizillion, the adults a few) and ate yummy rolls, crepes, and bacon. I decided that when I have kids I would like to limit the number of presents that they get because holy crap - there were a ton! Good luck though right?!? Plus, Lyla and Emeri were most excited to pop the bubble wrap that Alex got in one of his boxes :)



After we left my parents, we went to Paula's for some more Christmas fun. Evan hadn't been downstairs yet to the "santa" pile so we got to see that. She was most excited about her new kitchen "chichen" as she calls it. She opened a few presents but then we all ended up opening the rest. Alex and I bought her a bunch of new clothes that look like big people clothes - so cute. We played mariokart wii and ate lots and lots more food. I was stuffed by the end of the day. In the evening we went to a movie called "Marley and Me" which I totally loved. It was just starting to snow outside when we left and when the movie was over, it had dumped over a foot of new snow. So at about 1AM Alex's cousins came to our house and we tied an extension cord to the back of Nick's truck then pulled 6 people on a blow up queen mattress around the neighborhood. It was hilarious. No injuries fortunately :)

Christmas Eve 2008

Merry Christmas Eve 2008!!!
This year we stayed at my parent's new house in Sandy - and my entire family was there, including Rachel, Tony, Siena and Emeri from Switzerland!!! We had the traditional crab and tri-tip dinner on the Christmas plates we've had since I was born. Then we acted out the Christmas story with the little girls - way cute. We played Christmas songs on the metal pipes that are all different sizes. Santa's sleigh bells were making noises in the backyard (thanks Alex) and forced the kids into their jammies and beds. Then the adults stayed up playing Uno and ping-pong. It was a great Christmas eve.

Christmas Cookies

Every year, our family gets together and decorates Christmas cookies and houses. For some reason, this year the kids were interested for about 15 minutes then the adults ended up decorating the rest :) As usual, they were the best sugar cookies ever with the best frosting from my mom - thanks mom for all your hard work!