Christmas 2014

On Christmas Eve there was a knock at our door. Krew and Myla ran to answer it and there were two presents at the door. We have no idea who left the presents. We also have no idea where dad was at this same time. What a weird coincidence!

The kids were excited to open their new pajamas and slippers.

There was another knock at our door and look who it was!

We were doing a little Backman family party at our house but we had no idea it was a costume party! Brad and Suanne sure know how to make everything fun.

 We played a bunch of Minute To Win It games. Which I was horrible at by the way.

For this game, we tried to ravel the streamers on our arms as fast as we could.

Blake and Megan.

Brad and Suanne

The kids had more fun with the aftermath of this game!

 With this game we would blow up balloons and blow the cups off the table with just the air from the balloon. It's harder than it looks!

 This one was the funniest to watch. Start with an Oreo on your forehead and try to eat it without using your hands or having it fall off your face.

Chet

Blake

Jorden was good at this game! 

Jorden

 Suanne

 Chelsea

We ended the night reading in the scriptures about the birth of Christ. It was a good reminder to remember the reason for the season. The kids asked a lot of questions, which made it that much more  meaningful.

Christmas morning!

 Unloading their stockings.

Krew wondering what in the world was under this sheet.

 A basketball hoop!

The theme for Myla this year was definitely Frozen.

 Krew trying on his new beanie. It came just in time because we received a huge, and first snow storm of the season on Christmas morning.

An Elsa doll from Frozen.

 A cell phone already?!

Jorden even picked out a Christmas gift for our dog Harvey.

 He didn't let go of it the rest of the day!

Myla trying out her Sophia The First princess gear.

We got Myla got a strider bike. These bikes are genius. They come with no pedals and help develop balance much earlier, instead of depending on training wheels. Myla can fly on this thing. She'll be riding a big 2-wheeler in no time!

Krew got this awesome 3-wheeler from Grandma and Grandpa Backman. It can spin in a circle and when the brakes are applied, sparks fly everywhere. Of course the brakes weren't applied in the house. 

It's funny because I hadn't really even heard of these things but apparently they're a hot item. Every time he rides it around the neighborhood, kids stop him and say, "Wow you have a Razor RipRider 360?!".  Krew always responds very confidently, "Yep. I do."

Myla loved all her Christmas presents but she definitely gravitated towards this stroller from Grandma and Grandpa Jones that she got for her birthday 2 days earlier.

We had a beautiful Christmas and have so much to be grateful for!

Christmas 2013

 Yes, I am this far behind! A few days before Christmas Walmart was doing free pictures with Mr. and Mrs. Claus so I thought, "Why not?!" Well it was pretty traumatic for Myla, and honestly, I don't blame her. Mrs. Claus is a little bit scary! But it made for a funny memory!

 

 Christmas this year was pretty low-key because we were pretty partied out from our recent trip to Disneyland. The kids (mostly Krew) were still so excited and up and the crack of dawn, ready to see what Santa left for them. On Christmas Eve we continued our tradition of reading of the birth of Christ, opening some new pjs, and making Santa some cookies. You can see some left overs on the TV stand behind Krew, in the picture below.

Checking out the stockings.

 

Then finally, the presents!

 Myla needed a little prompting to open presents and Krew was more than happy to help.

 

But she soon got the idea of things all on her own.

 

Checking it all out!



 

Myla was wayyyy more interested in her candy than the presents!

 As you can tell, she wasted no time!

 

Krew got almost everything dinosaurs. This boy is pretty incredible when it comes to his dinosaur knowledge!

 

Myla left little evidence behind that Christmas happened at all! :)

 

 

After our own celebrations, we headed to the hotel that Jorden's parents were staying at and had a wonderful family dinner. We had so much fun that we even had a knock on our door threatening us to quiet down. P.S. the guy was a jerk and we really weren't being that loud!

 



 

Not only did we have an amazing Christmas, but also an amazing December!

And I have one amazing man to share it with!





Christmas 2012

Christmas came right in time this year! With the stresses of Jorden and me being at the hospital for a couple of days, and adding a new member to our family, Christmas is just what Krew needed! 

A few weeks before Christmas we finally got the Christmas tree up.

Krew LOVED decorating the tree! Especially putting the star on top!

 We went to the Outlets one night with Jorden's family. Krew thought this Christmas tree was pretty impressive and insisted we get one that big for our house!

On Christmas Eve we made some cookies and left a letter for Santa. Krew also opened his new pjs and we read the birth of Christ.

 His letter says, "Dear Santa, Please eat my cookies and leave me lots of prizes. Love, Krew" He also told Jorden exactly what to draw.

 Krew was beyond excited on Christmas morning. Jorden and I were beyond tired! We had just had our first night home with Myla. But we tried to pretend we weren't tired so Krew felt like it was a "normal" Christmas.

Krew and all of his funny poses!

 After we took his pictures we finally let him start opening his presents!

Jorden showing Krew his new Cabela's airplane. (Jorden was still trying to spare us from his cold by wearing a mask).

 One of Krew's favorite gifts was his new BYU football uniform.

And this new car from Santa (and Grandma and Grandpa Backman).

He rode it where ever he could in the house since it was too cold outside.

 He felt pretty cool in his uniform and new car!

Myla slept through all of the excitement. But I don't think Grandpa and Grandma minded! Jorden's parents really made our Christmas! They made us a big Christmas dinner while we were still in the hospital so we would have nothing to worry about on Christmas Day. They really were our angels all week long!

Krew and all of his Christmas presents. Including his new baby sister, the best present of all!