This weekend we had ton of fun and of course, I didn't have my camera to share the memories with you all.
Friday was the kids first day out of school until Jan. 7! Drew went to work with Rick where he successfully dented a brand new golf cart. I just recently found this out, but apparantly he was a little bored and decided to go take one for a spin in the tennis courts where they keep them, a pole must have jumped out in front of him and the rest is history! He did have fun regardless of the lecture he got from dad, and then I proceeded to give dad the lecture on knowing where and what your child is doing at all times! I was at home babysitting and preparing yummies for our annual friend Christmas party (which was as usual a blast... Thanks Aaron and Carrie)! Madelynn started having a fever at around 5:00, just before we were taking them all to Grandma for a sleep over, she ended up only needing a little medicine, but I was just waiting for the phone call to come and get her!
Saturday was busy with Andrew's first indoor soccer game, so much fun to watch! I could feel my soccer senses hightened again, I love that! Then out to lunch with Grandma. Rick was plowing snow all morning, we love the snow, but the bad part is missing dad all day! Then off to the grocery store for a few items (cheese for the beef log we recieved at the party), turns out I was gone for over an hour, (Kohl's was right there, I couldn't pass it up, I found some more great stocking stuffers!)
I made it home just as everyone was finishing their baths, yeah I missed that fun arguement!
Sunday comes way too early! We were up at 6:30 to get ready for church, made it on time and had a wonderful Christmas program! Afterward we vegged and then had our neighbors over for dinner. The weekends always fly by, but this time it was okay! We are so excited for tonight and tomorrow! Merry Christmas everyone!
Dec 24, 2007
The Weekend Before!!!
Dec 12, 2007
Traditions
Behold the fourth annual Woodland Park Christmas Tree! We love going up to the mountains to hunt for the perfect tree that will help us celebrate the season! Every year this tradition seems to get a little easier, the kids are bigger, this year there was hardly any snow to worry about, and it only took all of 20 minutes to spot the right one!
I of course left the camera in the car, so the actual cutting it down wasn't documented, but I'll just tell you that it is always fun to hear the Evelo family yell "TIMBER" as loud as we can! This is a Spruce tree, therefore it is quite a bit more prickly than your fir trees (I know this because my husband is a tree specialist) So hauling it back to the van was a treat! I was in the middle with all the branches around my head, I put up my hood so that my eyes wouldn't get poked out. Andrew was on the back end, and Rick was up front, at some points in our travels, I swear I was carrying that thing on my shoulder all by myself!!!! Rick was also supposed to navigate where the tree stumps were so that Drew and I wouldn't trip, he only let me down once, so picture me falling with a pokey tree on my shoulders, not pretty! Needless to say, Rick was reminded ever so gently that he had to let me know about things that could potentially break my ankles!
We made it home and I started wrapping the 1100 lights the next morning so that we could put the ornaments up when dad came home! We always love to look at the old ornaments from years ago, the kids get so giddy when their ornaments say the year they were born or remember when they made a certain one, every year Santa brings them a new ornament that they can hang on the tree, it is something they always look forward to. Our traditions get more important every year, we love sharing this time together as a family and as our children grow we truely appreciate it more!
