Its hard to believe we are at the end of another year. They come and go so quickly, its hard to keep track of everything that happened this year! I have been the biggest blogger slacker ever this month. 3 posts?? That is sad for me. Hopefully I can get back into it in the New Year.
Here my kids are on christmas sunday, my favorite sunday of the year. This year was different though. I was singing in the ward choir and had to be at church at 9, so my kids helped eachother get ready, celine even did aliahs hair. They all look so good!! I can't match them any more, but I still try, here they all are in purple. I decided to go away from traditional christmas colors, and I love it!! Church on Christmas Sunday was wonderful, it never dissapoints. That night was the Griffin family christmas party at my house! The best part, besides it being a pajama party, was that we ALL were here. All 13 adults and 16 grandchildren and a few extra guests.
This has been a tradition since my parents first got married,doing the nativity.
Another tradition, SOMEONE(we secretly all think its my dad!) puts a random gift under the tree for someone in the family. This year it was too luke from sean. No one will own up to who it is. This years gift, golfers crotch hook, we all were hysterically laughing.
We don't get very many of these pictures, and I am always happy when we do. The six griffin girls.
My nephew Ryan gave grandpa a silly gift, fake body parts. And we can always count on grandpa to play along. We had "santa" come, had lots of good food, opened presents and just hung out. Its always fun when we are together.
I don't have pictures yet of christmas eve, we spent it at Kalebs parents house. We ate lunch, the kids played in the snow, we ate dinner, opened some presents, and then Quinn had the adults play a game of Deal or no Deal. If you don't know the basis of the game, its trying to pick the briefcase with the most money! There was a $1000 for each couple to win. Sadly, me and kaleb only won $40, Jamie and Luke won $20, but Kwinci and Todd won a thousand dollars!!!!! Gabe won $500. It was super intense and so much fun!!!! We are all looking forward to next year. ;)
Another tradition, christmas jammies.
Even for me and kaleb this year. :)
Santa finally came at 2 in the morning. The kids woke up at 8. Defintiely a short night sleep.
The kids all come in together on christmas morning, they can't look at the presents yet. Kaleb always pretends to be grumpy at having been woken up.
And dad always drags it out a little and makes the kids squirm!!
But finally, its time to open stockings and gifts. Santa wrapped EVERYTHING this year, even stocking stuff.
What they got:
Celine: IPHONE!, clothes, clothes, lotion, hair stuff.
Tage: HALO LEGOS, new coat, ds games
Aliah: IPOD TOUCH, monster high, novi star, concert outfit, ds games
and as a family we got an IPAD. I am pretty sure we were all super spoiled this year.
It was a great, relaxing christmas and I have enjoyed having the kids home. Tonight we celebrate the end of a good year and the beginning of a great one, we hope.
Happy New Years!!!
