Another Christmas

We got a great surprise last week, when my brother and his family showed up.  They don’t live close, so it’s hard for all of us to get together.  But I’m happy they made the trip over!!

We celebrated with opening gifts from each other on Friday night. 

My SIL totally got the boys.  She wrapped up their iTunes gift cards in DoodleBops DVD cases.  Poor RC tried his best not to look disappointed!!  lol… 


Saturday, the guys went roping and us ladies had a crafting day.  I am all about starting them young in the crafting department and Mesa loves to make projects!! 

Today, we had a dinner with my Grandpa and Aunt and got some family photos.
What a great way to end the year!! 

Christmas

Life here at the Skiff Ranch has been busy all December. 

Programs and Concerts.

Planning and cooking.

Shopping and Wrapping. 

David started us off with the Middle School Band and Choir concert. 

 

We had church programs and then one for Kindergarten and the 4th and 5th grade. 

This is probably my favorite photo of the season. 

On Christmas Eve, we always celebrate with Greg’s family.  We had enough room at the table for everyone, so we used Grandma Mangis’ china and Holly Hobby Christmas glasses. 

As tradition, we all get new Pajama’s for Christmas.  The boys just got new PJ Pants. 

Christmas morning, RC was up at 5:30 AM!!  ah.  But we got going and enjoyed the day anyway!!  We’ve been catching up ever since!!

Even Ellie had gifts under the tree. 

RC really wanted Pickle flavored candy canes and Santa delivered.  Plus some bacon ones.  We found out, they taste nasty! 

David ordered me some Clark Griswold Moose glasses.  Awesome!! 

 

Grandma found the boys footie pajamas.

We also got a bowling alley for the hallway.  It sounded bigger, but it’s perfect, not in the way. 

I got spoiled again – with some fun things.  These are the prettiest – some new soup bowls from Fiesta ware.  We broke them in yesterday!! 

Hope you had a great week.  We are counting down the minutes until my brother, SIL and niece get here for the weekend, plus another celebration with Greg’s family on New Year’s Eve. 

Oh Sam

Our Little Elf on the Shelf arrived over the weekend and has been keeping busy. 

When he arrived, he downloaded some fun Elf on the Shelf apps from the iTunes store. 

McKinley had eaten some marshmallows and left the bowl out – so Sam used it as a Bubble Bath. 

Yesterday, he got into the blue food coloring and colored the milk blue. 

Today, we found him cruising around with Barbie in her red convertible! 

Elf on the Shelf

Do you have an Elf on the Shelf?  If you are curious about this lil guy, check out the website. 
We have had Sam since 2009…. and he’s a fun lil bugger.  He arrives back at our house today from the North Pole, so I wanted to share his adventures at the Skiff House this holiday season.  Most of these ideas I got off of Pinterest or created myself. 
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