A fun, festive weekend!

We had such a fun, festive weekend! Friday night Jeff and I were able to get a night out without the kids. We went to dinner and then to a white elephant party with friends. We had a great time, and had some good laughs with all the crazy gifts that were exchanged. The kids stayed overnight at Grandma & Grandpa's, and Jeff and I got to sleep in and even go out for breakfast the next morning. I also surprised Jeff a new wedding ring before we headed out for the evening. He had lost his when we lived in Idaho and had been wearing a temporary ever since. I shopped around and found one I thought he'd love -and he does! Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures Friday night, so I don't have any to share from our party. But there definitely would have been some great photo opportunities!

Saturday night we were invited to a Christmas festival with a co-worker of Jeff's. The neighborhood brought in some snow and built a small hill for snow-tubing and snowball fights. Tyler had a blast playing in the snow. There was live music, Santa Claus, a petting zoo with a real reindeer (which Colton loved), hot chocolate, and Christmas crafts for the kids. It was very cold, but we all had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures from Saturday:


Saturday night St. Nick came a filled our stockings with ornaments, candy and Christmas toys. He also left behind the elf on the shelf, which was sitting on our mantle when we woke up. I think it's going to be a really fun tradition in our family. The story says the first thing you have to do is give him a name, so after numerous suggestions, we settled on Bumble, which is one Tyler came up with. Pretty sure the elf is now named after Bumblebee from Transformers, but I think it's a good elf name, too. Here's some pics from our St. Nick's festivities. I really love this time of year!