For Christmas Eve this year we took a day trip up north to play in the snow! On the way up we did some Christmas Mad Libs:
"Christmas Tree!"
Every
January we
eat to a tree
restaurant far away. Not just any
flimsy farm, a
gangrenous tree
Circle K. My dad and I
smoke onto the
Marlboro Special Blend to
yawn for the perfect
horse. Some people like them
black and
slimy and some like them
maroon and fat. We are searching for a tall and
fluffy one! "Over there!" I exclaim, "Dad it's over there!" Off we
burp, saw in hand to
kick this year's
boot down.
Zoink it's
Valentine's Day finally!
"More Lights"
Did you ever have one of those
churches? Well today
Michael Jackson did! Mom wanted to
sleep noses up for
Kwanza. Not just any lights,
brown lights.
Smelly green lights!
Hard bright red lights. The only problem, they are a
rolled mess! Not to mention that there are some
asparagus, yellow and green lights
punched in. "
Esther!" I yell! "This can't be done!" She could
kiss I was right and went out and
smacked some new shiny
orange lights!
"Hidden Present!"
Ok so I was
sword fighting! I'm a kid, I'm supposed to snoop, especially around
St. Patrick's Day. What
Cheryl doesn't snoop? I just so happened to be in our
New Mexico. Normally I'm not up there, it's
flat and
squishy. Plus there are
seahorses, yuck! I couldn't help myself! There it was right by my little sister's old
Eiffel Tower. Guess
George Lucas didn't think I would
swim it. I
directed it, it felt
sharp. Should I
drive it? Looking closer I saw some
mile markers. I got even closer and
walked a
cat! The hidden
prison was alive! A yelp came from the
snorkle. I opened the
toilet and to my surprise a
cup was inside! Guess who else was hidden in the
mountains?
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt and
George Washington just knew I was
spitting!
We drove up past Strawberry up on the rim and found a GREAT hill for sledding!
After we were sufficiently wet and cold we drove back down to Payson and had lunch at Chili's. When we got back home we exchanged sibling gifts.
Cheryl gave Esther a flat iron and some school supplies.
J.R. gave Faith a hot pink zebra-striped body pillow.
Esther gave Kristen a Wal-mart gift card.
Steven gave Julia a knit rainbow-colored bear/monkey hat (named Hector).
Kristen gave J.R. a Home Depot gift card.
Faith gave Steven a home-made advent calendar and Christmas journal.
Julia gave Cheryl a home-made insulated fashion lunch bag.
Steven and Kristen also let John and Baraba open up their gifts. Both the kiddos got new pillow pets! John got a moose (which he initially thought was a "scary monster!" but which by the end of the night he loved) and Barbara got a pink bunny. Mom opened up her gift from J.R. and Esther (photo album of "her babies") and Dad opened his gift from J.R. and Esther (a motion-activated candy dispenser). Steven and Kristen had to leave to go to her family's Christmas party. Faith took a nap while the rest of us watched "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and Julia, Cheryl and J.R. played Scrabble (Cheryl won with 183). Afterwards we had dinner (grilled cheese samiches and White Chicken Chili) then had our Christmas Eve program. Julia and Faith were in charge of the program. We sang lots of songs, played some games, and listened to Christmas stories.
It was a great day!
