Happy Christmas!

We had an amazing Holiday! We've been having so much fun this past week. Kensie had her school program on the 20th. The first grade sang Must Be Santa, Christmas Lullaby, and Oh, I'm The Happiest Christmas Tree. Once I can get my crappy computer to download the video I'll put it on {don't get me started on my computer! It's having issues}. On the 21st we had our annual family dinner at Market Street Grill {YUM!}. It was great. We even had a surprise visit from Santa, who brought us all some fun games. The kids were so excited! Kensie was last to receive her present and told me later that she was worried that she had been bad because it took so long for her to get one! After dinner mom & dad watched the kids while Spencer, Andrea, Danny, Leah, Matt and I went to see The Foreigner at Pioneer Theater Company. It was a blast!! On the 22nd mom, Andrea, Kensie and I went to see Ballet West's The Nutcracker. This has become another family tradition that we all love! I still have most of it memorized from working at Capitol Theatre, and it always brings back so many memories for me. Kensie is always in heaven, of course! She just loves the costumes and beautiful dancers. It was Andrea's first time which made it extra fun! Christmas Eve was a long day. Both my car and Matt's broke down {what are the odds} so we spent the day dealing with that. Luckily we got my car working, thanks to my dad. Matt's, however, was dead as a doornail. It was stuck in the parking lot by his work until we got it towed on the 26th. ANYWAY, after all that madness we headed to the folks house for Christmas Eve fun! We put on the traditional play, complete with authentic costumes {Ha!} and a real baby Jesus this year! Christmas day was just as fun and busy. The kids had so much fun seeing what Santa brought, and even more fun seeing what all their grandparents' brought! They were spoiled, as usual. Kensie lost a tooth on Christmas Eve and was surprised to find a dollar and a note in her stocking from Santa, who had delivered it for the Tooth Fairy {even SHE gets time off for Christmas, we found out}. We had a great Christmas & hope you did, too. Sorry for the novel! I'll stop typing now & let you look at pictures! {if you want to see them better click view all images}