Christmas Eve

Ivan flew in on Christmas Eve. We were so happy that he made it! He
wasn't feeling well and had taken nyquil the night before and didn't quite make it for his flight. Pretty sad since we live literally 3 minutes from the airport. :) He was able to get on another flight and my dad picked him up from the airport and made it to our family party just in time. We have a Christmas Eve party every year at my Aunt Alene's house. All of our aunts and uncles and cousins are there as well as Grandma and Grandpa Workman. We have a big family and it is so fun to get to see everyone at least once a year. Santa comes and the kids get so excited. We also have lots of good food of course!



Levi is a major Daddy's boy and was really missing Ike. He totally lit up when his daddy walked into the room. Levi was kind of a stinker for the first few days of our trip. He didn't want anyone but me to hold him and would scream if I left the room. I really hate that! He did much better towards the end of our trip though. He decided he liked Grandma, which made her happy, and really liked to play with Grandpa.
Emma wouldn't tell me what she was going to ask Santa for. She had said that she wanted a baby alive baby all gone and that was what "santa" had planned on. The day before however she had told Aunt Jamie that she wanted more carebears because she only had one. When she got up on his lap I was relieved when all she asked for was a doll. Levi also liked sitting on Santa's lap. He just wanted to eat the spinner toy that Santa had and really loved the candy cane he gave him.


Here is a picture of Katrina. Emma loves to play with her and talks about her all the time. She has super short hair now since her big brother decided to try out his hair cutting skills.

We were so excited that Callie and Bobbie were able to come to the party! They drove out from Colorado to pick up Darcy and Abby and left right after the party to drive back. We sure miss Callie!


When we got home from the party we stuck with tradition and opened one present each...pajamas of course! Levi was past ready to bed and wasn't very cooperative. Emma was excited to open a present though and loved her new jammies, robe and slippers. Aunt Jacky gave Emma some "reindeer food" that she was supposed to throw outside for Santa's reindeer to help them find her house. She was way excited about that.