M E R R Y  C H R I S T M A S

We went back to Utah and Idaho for Christmas this year. Being with family is all I wanted for Christmas, I couldn't imagine not being surrounded by family and friends for the holidays. Plus what's a Christmas without snow? And we got lots of it!

Winter wonderland. And I just have to brag... Doesn't my dad make beautiful homes! It fits so perfectly with this weather! So cozy in the freezing cold! 

This wasn't mom's most exciting holiday though she had foot surgery a few days before we got there so she was stuck in the house. Poor mama. It was fun hanging out and relaxing, just what I wanted to be honest. She did get a sweet scooter to roll around on and Addi enjoyed the rides :)

So with mom being out of commission she didn't want to deal with putting all the Christmas ornaments on the tree, which was fine by all of us, but was not acceptable to Addi! She was very concerned with why the tree had no decorations haha. So we had her decorated it. She put up a bag of gold balls, then she stepped back to look at it and realized the top didn't have any decorations and turned to Eric and said "you do up there" haha silly girl     


         

   

Warning: We are NOT dancer and this was our first time dancing to this song so it is really bad haha

My favorite tradition is Christmas Eve, we have a big dinner, we have always had my Robison grandparents over, give sibling gifts, and drive around and look at Christmas lights. As we were pilling into the car this year Hannah found some little boy clothes, turns out the Young men had done a sub for Santa and these had fallen out of the bag. So 10:30 at night we drove down to Spanish Fork to deliver the lost gifts. Problem: the family doesn't speak English. Do we just drop them on the door? Do we ring the doorbell and let Jack try his Spanish? We debated this for a while. We decided to just leave them on the doorstep. Well Jack goes up to the door and the whole family is sitting in the living room where they can see him so being the stud and unshy guy he is, he rings the doorbell to talk to the guy:

Jack: "Hola"
Man: "Hey"
Jack: "oh, Hey!"Yup the guy spoke English hahahahaha We all had a really good laugh about it in the car afterwords. Jack was actually a little disappointed he didn't get to try out his foreign language. Maybe next time :) Then we went and watched a Christmas movie to fall asleep. 

Christmas Day was fun, woke up with my two boys by my side, opened presents, had a big brunch and as tradition now, watched Dad's new snowmobile movie he got that day. This year mom put "jokes" in all the kids stockings. Jake and Eric didn't seem to find theirs very funny....

Hannah got a Justin Beiber singing toothbrush (not really a joke, she actually did want this)

Eric got baby clothes haha Mom really wants to be a Grandma! 

Jake got a nice dating book lol

Jack got a bag of coal (chocolate coal) for ALWAYS teasing Mom.

And these two are what I got to see first thing every morning... Love them both so so much!

We got the best best gifts this year from both our parents! A fancy camera and Costco membership! We really are ready to start a family I guess HA NOT! Sorry Mom... in due time ;)

Of course Max had to get a gift, but watch his little tail wagging in the begging haha he gets so so excited!

We went and spent a few days up in Idaho. We spent some time with Rose and John. They always make the best dinners when we go up, we had a full turkey dinner, Delicious! We went with the Hen House to their cabin for two days and had a blast! We played games, talked for hours, sledding, snowmobiling, and played with the kids! We love spending time with these guys, they are such good life long friends!

 

Baby Golden, most adorable little guy ever! Loved cuddling up with him!

Presley is back there, you can barely see her head poking out behind Eric before we went down the hill 

Drue, Grace and Presley

Cute Finn all bundled up

This looked like it hurt :)

We went to HangTime with Jack and Hannah, it's a big Trampoline/Tumbling place that is so so fun! Hannah learned to do a gainer, I learned to do a backflip (something I've always wanted to do) and discovered Jack is so good at doing tricks and flips! Hidden Talent?!

2012 was a no chocolate year for me :( but I finally got it back! I did it, 1 year of no chocolate was NOT fun and I DONT like it. Our NYE wasn't very exciting because we were flying home that night so the first day of 2013 this was my indulgence.... Heaven! Nothing could ever taste as good as chocolate, I am a true Robison through and through!

We got to get together with so many great friends we don't get to see very much and meet new babies in the families! We are so blessed to have such great friends and know that Heavenly Father leads us to certain people who we need in our lives and we are so lucky! This was a fantastic Christmas for us and am so glad we got to spend it with friends and family! I hope you all had a great one this year and Wish you all the best in the upcoming year!

XOXO the Peterson's