This year we spent Christmas in Alamosa with all of spencer's family. it was a little crazy with 7 grand kids under the age of 5, but the kids did a really good job of sharing and not climbing the tree.
Spence's family tradition of having a shrimp boil for dinner, with potatoes, corn, chicken, shrimp and this year they added in crayfish...yes crayfish and no i wasn't even tempted try any seafood this year,
but the boys had fun!
Here are the kids waiting for the ok to head downstairs and see if santa came. Poor crew was sick that morning and just layed on the bathroom floor.
(last year we gave them hand-me down singing books, and clothes)
this year we got them new boots. we re-wrapped some back packs my sister handed down, and some dress up clothes from her and they were set! literally they grabbed their back-packs and boots and headed into the other room. it made me and spence feel really grateful that they can be happy with just a few simple things. its a good example for spence and i to follow.
We finally convinced the girls to come back and open a few more things...Quincy liked opening stuff and Tenley never really got into it!
my parents got the girls some play dough stuff which is going to be so much fun! and Ariel dolls!
and spencer's parents got the girls a play kitchen!
they don't have any clothes on because they had been putting their dress up clothes on and off...and of course its fun to run around in your underwear when its negative 6 degrees in Alamosa!
spence's sister gave the girls a princess book with little princess, and tenley loved the book. she just sat there and looked at all the pages.
here are some of the cousins opening up their christmas PJ!
We all seemed to have a really great Christmas! the best part is that spence, the girls and i were all together! between med school and now residency time together is short and hard to find.
we felt really grateful to be together, to be happy, and to be healthy.
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