Christmas '09

We had such a great Christmas this year! It's such a busy time for the Holst Family. All the craziness started when we headed down to SLC the weekend before Christmas to see my sister and her family. I love spending time with them, it had been about two months since I'd seen my sister and I missed her so! I didn't take many pictures while we were there but managed to snap a couple with the boys and Triptyn before we came home.

We got home from Utah about 5 o'clock on Monday night (Mike didn't have to work all week, so we took advantage and stayed at my sister's a little longer) and at 6:30 we had a birthday party for Kaden. Happy 5th Birthday Kado!

On Tuesday I had to work, and then another birthday party for Treyce at 7. I can't believe he's already 4! Happy Birthday to you too Treyce!

The next morning Triptyn woke up about 4:30 to eat, I really wasn't that tired so I figured I might as well stay up and wrap presents. I didn't have any wrapped yet, and didn't know when I was going to have time since I decided to work on Wednesday so I wouldn't have to work on Christmas Eve. I thought I would be tired all day, waking up at 4:30 and all, but surprisingly I was full of energy! Maybe I should wake up that early more often! Probably not.....I enjoy my sleep. When I was on my way home from work, Deidre called me and said she was on my way to my house!! I was super excited since I haven't seen her since August. Hopefully she will move back here when she graduates in May! :)

Thursday, of course, was Christmas Eve. Triptyn and I just hung out until after lunch when we went to my mom's house to finish up some last minute Christmas gifts. That night we had dinner with my brother and his kids since they would be going with their mom on Christmas Day. After dinner we went over to Mandy and Bryan's for some cake and ice cream for Cindy's birthday. That's right......there are three birthday's the week of Christmas in the Holst Family. It makes for a crazy week!




Christmas morning we had to be over to Mike's parents' house at 9 o'clock, so we didn't get to open presents with Triptyn until about 11:30. It's a good thing he had no idea what was going on and didn't care if he even got any presents! :) Considering he's only 5 months old, he did really good opening his presents!




Then it was off to see my family and more presents! Here is Triptyn in his cute new hat from G'ma and G'pa!

He must've really wanted this present...... :)

Actually he was really just interested in eating the paper, the bows, the boxes, and whatever else he could get in his mouth!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and we want to wish everyone a Happy New Year!!!!