The Keyes!: Merry Christmas! 2015

We had a great Christmas and hope that you did too.

Nixon has enjoyed playing with this little block nativity set that Kim made

We had a white Christmas. This has been the biggest snowfall that we have seen in our 4 years in Idaho. Spokane has already had more snow this year than all of last year and Coeur d'Alene got over a foot of snow the week before Christmas. And this isn't soft fluffy snow, this is thick wet snow that is really difficult to move around.

The kids have been good helpers with snow removal ;)

Here is a cute video of how Nixon says orange

Cute

Here is Nixon thinking he can sit on one of the chairs from Lyza's doll house

All of the snow has made for some really pretty scenery. It feels like we are staying at a mountain/ski resort

This is the view from our driveway

View of our house from the street

Kim's parents got here on the 23rd and the kids immediately knew what to do with them

We also put grandpa to work hanging cabinets in the garage (also fitting our dryer for natural gas)

We even made him shovel the snow

The kids also loved playing outside with their grandpa

The snow was so deep that Nixon couldn't walk in it alone

The kids loved sled rides with grandpa

After every trip Nixon would laugh and say "more, more, more"

The first day playing outside grandpa made the kids a little snow cave

Nixon's hair looked pretty fantastic after

Nixon also liked playing this game with grandma

Christmas eve we did an amazing fondue dinner

When we woke up Christmas morning we could tell that Santa had come

Getting the turkey ready on Christmas morning

The kids enjoyed opening up their boots

We got a family picture before we opened presents

These were my favorite gifts of the day

That's right, the Keyes family is expanding next year. We are really excited!

My favorite part of Christmas morning was seeing the reactions on people's faces when they opened up gifts

This is how Nixon reacted to everything that he opened

Kim made Lyza some necklaces and she was really excited when she opened them

Nixon loves puppies

This pirate ship that Lyza got was a crowd favorite

I think Kim likes her jewelry cabinet

This is a fun present from his grandma and grandpa Keyes

She loves this book from Grandma and grandpa Keyes. I wonder how they knew that Lyza likes dinosaurs?

The kids had no idea what this gift was

A tipi/tepee/teepee!

Christmas afternoon we played some more in the backyard and made a second snow cave

This one had much more square footage

Lyza had fun doing the puzzle from her great-grandma with her grandma

Nixon chilling in his mega blocks box

Christmas dinner was an absolute feast. So good!

On the 26th Kim and I planned on going to a movie for a date. I guess lots of other people had that same idea so all of the movies were sold out. Instead we went for a walk around our neighborhood. It was nice to get some fresh air and time without any kids screaming at us