Christmas Weekend

After we finished opening presents on Christmas morning, and spending time with Kelli and her new toys, we took off to my parent's home. Some of my brothers and their families were there. On Saturday, we took the kids sledding. It was a blast.



Kelli got a face full of snow on this run with her dad. She also likes to eat snow like crazy. She has some fleece gloves that eventually soak up the snow, so pretty soon, she was crying from the snow in the face and cold hands. So we fixed that problem in a hurry and she was happy again.


After we were done sledding, we took the kids to the movie, "The Princess and the Frog." It's a cute movie. And it was actually rated G! It seems that animated movies aren't rated G any more.

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning is getting more fun since Chris and I have been married. Kelli sure makes it a ton of fun. I loved seeing her face light up at the sight of all her Christmas presents. Here are pictures of Kelli on Christmas morning.

Our First Big Snow Storm

These next pictures that you will see may surprise you. We got a ton of snow over the weekend. Because of all the snow, I decided to take Kelli outside to play in it. This is the first picture. The snow is piled up to the same height as Kelli.



This next picture is the front of our house.


I decided to build a snow cave with all the snow we have in front of our house. Well it was more like a snow tunnel. I figured Kelli would have more fun with that. Here are some more pictures of the finished snow tunnel.



I built the snow tunnel right where Kelli is standing in the first pictures and then it came out in about the middle of all the snow (close to the tree).

The Anderson Christmas Party

On Saturday, we attended the Anderson Christmas Party. It was a lot of fun. We met at my brother Greg's home. When we first got there, we played some games for the little kids. I made a pin the nose on the Rudolph. In this next picture, all the red spots are noses.


Next we played a game called Santa Santa. Someone stands in the middle of a circle of people blind folded. That person has a pillow in their hands. They have to find someone in the circle and sit on their lap, on the pillow. The person that is blind folded says, "Santa Santa." Then the other person has to say "Ho Ho Ho" and disguise their voice. The person who is blind folded gets to guess who it is. It is such a funny game. Next, all the adults went to Rodizio Grill while all the kids stayed at the house and played together.

After we got back, we built ginger bread houses. We teamed up as families. We named mine Chris and Kelli's house Hurricane Katrina Christmas because ours wouldn't stay up. Too bad I don't have a picture of it.

Next we played Pinata. That was sure fun to watch all the kids take a whack at the Christmas tree pinata. Luckily nobody got hurt, but there were a few close ones. Some kids just couldn't resist when the candy would come out of the tree.


Kelli taking a whack at the tree.


After the pinata game, all the cousins exchanged gifts. Kelli got a Guess Who game, Anderson Edition. It was pretty cool. Instead of all the guess who pictures, it had all the Anderson family pictures on it. Thanks Kaitlyn and Megan. Kelli has been having a lot of fun with it. And thanks everyone for such a fun party. It was great to see all of you!

Here Comes Santa Clause!

Last night, Santa Clause came to our community. Chris, Kelli, and I got all bundled up and walked to our community center. There were a bunch of kids that played instruments. They did really well. There was also some yummy finger foods and hot chocolate. Then Santa came. I was so impressed when I saw him. I almost felt like a little kid all over again when you see Santa Clause enter the room. Probably because I was so amazed with how much he looked like Santa. What do you think of these pictures of him?

Kelli did pretty well this year. Last year was a disaster. She was very scared and cried the whole time. This year she did not cry at all, but she hardly said a word to Santa when she sat on his lap. The whole time we waited in line, she kept saying to me, "I want to sit on Santa's lap." I thought she would go off on all the things she wanted for Christmas, but she was a little too shy. Maybe next year will be even better.

Getting Ready for Christmas

On Monday night for Family Home Evening, we decided to decorate for Christmas. It was a lot of fun. Kelli was so excited. She couldn't wait for her dad to come home so that we could start decorating. By the time Chris got home, she had all the decorations out of the box. We don't have very many decorations and our Christmas tree is small, but it works for right now.