Best Christmas Ever

This week Rilyn was on Christmas break so we made cookies. Went sledding. Went on Skippy hunts.

Until Christmas Eve when Skippy showed up with the BEST SURPRISE EVER.... wait for it... Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Cody!!

The kids were so surprised and we had so much fun! We opened presents on Christmas Eve because Dad had to work on Christmas (Boo). We all got totally spoiled as usual. Christmas Day we played in the snow (this was Uncle Cody's first white Christmas) and built snowmen and went sledding in the backyard.

Santa brought everyone matching University of Iowa pants so we had to get a picture of our whole family wearing them, it only took 6 tries to get a good shot.

The next day Grandma and Grandpa and Mom and the kids went sledding at the middle school.

The babies fell asleep while we were out there. I guess their new snow suits work well to keep them warm. It was so wonderful to get to spend Christmas with my family. Since they usually spend it in Mexico, this was the first time in 6 years that we have gotten to celebrate together. We loved every minute of it and even though they prefer warmer weather we are hoping that there is another Christmas the Mexico doesn't work out for them soon so we can celebrate together again!