Life with 4 Krupp Boys.....: Merry Christmas!!!!!

As expected, the Christmas season has kept us super busy:

On Monday night, we had our company Christmas party for the Triple B Ranch at the Bullard’s house. It was a ton of fun and consisted of a ping-pong/pool/Wii/air hockey tournament. Paul and I held our own, but just couldn’t beat Cortney and Aaron in ping-pong or Jackie and Kelly in Wii bowling.

On Tuesday, we went down to Grandma and Papa Seidl’s for a nice Christmas gathering. Then we went to Seven Falls to enjoy their beautiful display of Christmas lights. The boys seemed to enjoy it, but since the weather was really bad, we didn’t spend too much time outside. And we didn’t even attempt to climb the stairs this year!

On Wednesday, we went down to Papa and Grandma Slade’s and they took the boys to Chuckie Cheese’s. I think the boys love that place more and more each time we go! We also got to go to the Bullard’s house again to exchange gifts between the boys and McKenzie. They are all just so cute together! Thomas was very helpful in opening Kenzie’s gifts—more helpful than she probably wanted. And Lucas was so cute: one of Kenzie’s gifts was wrapped in Mickey Mouse wrapping paper, and he refused to let her open it so as not to rip his beloved Mickey Mouse. Kevin got to enjoy the gift that Brittani got for Rowdy (Kelly’s dog)—it was a sling shot that flings balls for the dog to play fetch. Unfortunately the balls were hard for Rowdy to find since Kelly was flinging them into inches of snow!

On Thursday, we got to enjoy a wonderful Christmas Eve at the Zeornes’. The boys were so cute and super excited. They loved the holiday festivities. We went to church prior to the gathering, and believe it or not, Lucas was the one in church that talked throughout the entire service! What a time for him to decide to be a chatterbox! It was truly an evening of family, friends, love, and giving. Kevin loved opening presents (go figure) and even made sure to help out the younger boys with opening theirs. Lucas was wound up and not shy at all, despite the houseful of over 30 people. And Thomas was Thomas, ornery, funny, and always smiling.

On Friday, Christmas was finally here! Kevin let us sleep in until about 6:45am (which was better than I was expecting). We had to wake up the twins, and then we all went out to the living room to see the wonderful gifts that Santa Claus brought the boys. They were all very excited, especially Kevin since Santa managed to bring him everything that he had hoped for. My mom, Ryan, Jordane, Britt (who had the flu), and Travis came over, and we exchanged gifts amongst ourselves and enjoyed a light holiday breakfast. Thomas was like a present opening machine—man did he rip that paper open!

Then we went over to the Krupp’s house and had an absolutely amazing Christmas day. The boys received more presents—Lucas especially loved his giant Spongebob and Patrick stuffed animals. He just hugged them and lugged them all over the house. We enjoyed great food and great company! I think we laugh the entire time when us Krupp’s get together! Before we brought the evening to a close, we went and enjoyed some more incredible food at the Stunkard’s house. Veronica sure can make some excellent Italian food!

Not wanting Christmas to end, on Saturday, Ryan and Jordane took us to a house down in Colorado Springs that was light up so marvelously that it was orchestrated to light up with the beat of music. The house actually has a radio station that airs the music, so you turn your car stereo to the station and then it plays the music so that you can look at the house from your car. The boys all piled on my lap and pressed their little faces to the window and were mesmerized by the lights. It really was spectacular! And they were so cute, and when the beat of the music picked up, they would dance right along with it! I think Paul and Ryan need to decorate our house with lights like that next year!

Well, that pretty much recaps the events of our Christmas! I hope everyone had a wonderful one!