Christmas 2008

Hard to believe that another Christmas has come and gone already. I really thought that we would have enough time with everyone in four days.......I think next time we need a couple more.

The visit didn't start out great. I came down with the flu a couple days before we left and then the first night we were at mom and dad's Carter got sick and sick and sick and sick some more. He is the only kid that we know that can scream and throw-up at the same time. He had the entire house awake, except dad, that man could sleep through anything. After that night I have a hard time watching the commercial for premium crackers; the one where crackers fall into bowls of soup. It all looks like puke!

Christmas Eve we started the visiting by going out to Grandma Terrill's house for supper. Love that women! Always love seeing her and the food is amazing. Carter even gave her a lesson on how to play gameboy.

This year was Jakzen's first Christmas. Mom didn't let me down and bought him a 'baby's first Christmas' outfit. Here he is showing off his duds.
Before the presents were ripped into, all three boys posed for a few pictures.
Love this one!

Santa gave the boys some walkie talkie's in there stockings. When we were driving home, Logan and I heard a lady's voice going through Fort Macleod. Only heard it a couple of times and then it didn't happen again so we just thought it was on the radio. On Tuesday, Mark and I heard men talking! I thought they were coming through the monitor. It was kinda humorous to watch Mark walk down the hall quickly to see where it was coming from and then start walking back and then the voices started again, so off down the hall he went again. Logan soon came out of his room from a nap and he was asking where the voices were coming from. Turns out that they were coming from the walkie talkie! The frequency was the same as some workers and we got to listen in. Logan woke up because it was under his bed! Carter, later in the day, talked back to them until we grabbed it and changed the channel. I'm sure they enjoyed listening to a four-year-old say over and over again, 'Hello! Hello? Hello!'

The weather in Creston was crazy! It snowed everyday that we were there. On Christmas afternoon we took the boys, along with Uncle Nick and Grandpa tobogganing. Not sure who had more fun, the boys or Mark and Nick? Carter didn't last all that long, the hill was a big one and the walk back up was pretty exhausting. Sure showed me how out of shape I am! He got it figured out though, he would just fall off half way down the hill so the walk wouldn't be as long!
Grandma & Grandpa Spagis came over to watch the boys and brought the dogs.
Banjo was dressed for the weather!





Mom was REALLY happy to have all of us home and to have Christmas in the new house. Here she is with the son-in-laws.
Jakzen and his daddy!
We had the big turkey dinner on Christmas. I'm still a bit ticked that I never got any left over turkey buns. Really considering making a turkey this weekend and buns just to have turkey buns.
Here's Jak having some turkey!

"I'll take this piece right here!"

Our little angels!

They both had asked Santa for a Nintendo DS. Santa was sure to put those presents at the back of the tree. Logan was starting to get worried when he noticed that most of the presents were opened and no DS yet. For a second I thought he just may cry! But good old Santa came through for them and for the rest of the day this is how we saw them.

Another big hit this year was the Wii that Nick brought down. We have never played before and really had a good time playing and laughing and watching who played who! The feature match for the night would have been Mark against mom boxing. Funny stuff. Carter loved his DS so much he took it with him where ever he went!
He has done this at home here and ended up sitting so long that his feet fell asleep. Have you ever tried walking when your feet are asleep? More funny stuff.

Grandpa Skerik tried keeping an interest in watching Logan play.........he just couldn't do it.

The last day we were in Creston we had the boys baptised. I think this was my favorite day there! The boys were supper cute and did very well. I just wish I could have seen there faces instead of standing behind them. The best would have been to watch Carter go crossed-eyed looking at the drop of water that ended up in his glasses!

Keri dressed up Jak for the day. Cute little bugger.

He just started over Christmas turning his head off to the side like that. He must get a better look with his head on a tilt.

And here's me with the little dude. Auntie's are little boys best friends..........

Mommy leaves and I introduce some new foods to him. In his left hand is a piece of cucumber and in his right hand, a piece of pineapple! Not a great combo, but he didn't mind.