So this Christmas Joel and I made the 15 hour drive down to TEXAS with Grams & Papou Shapardanis. It was SUPER FUN to say the least! This was our first Christmas since we've been married that we spent it with my family, the crazy SERIA gang. We missed Joel's parents (especially since they had very few visitors for christmas this year) but loved having my ENTIRE FAMILY there!
10 adults + a 4 bedroom house = NEVER A DULL MOMENT!
(plus my oldest sis, Karissa & her precious son, Roran (who I am obsessed with) were at the house the majority of the time)
Anyway, we didn't do anything super exciting but it was still fantastic being home...and in warmer weather! We went to the Dallas, TX temple and I wore a short sleeve dress without a coat... how amazing is that? I was in heaven!!!
Seria Christmas 2010 Activities:
-watched movies nightly
-had a Seria girls night while the boys played basketball at the stake center (we watched all 3 Twilight movies b/c Karissa had never really seen them). Oh one night we also watched all of North & South... yea we were up pretty late but Mr. Thornton transfixed all of us.
-played Wii Fit constantly...we brought it all the way from Ohio & got everyone addicted (my dad just bought one for my mom for her b-day)
-went to the temple...my grandparents work super hard at doing our genealogy so we all went & it was so special to be there together
-threw a Seria Shindig for old time sake (our house was the "party house" during high school. everyone always came over to hang out. it was so fun seeing so many of my friends for the short time we were in town)
-SHOPPED TILL WE DROPPED...the ladies of course
-played games+more games, but mostly the "name game"
-SERIA CHRISTMAS EVE PROGRAM 2010 (i always put together a program on christmas eve. everyone participates by sharing a talent, mom recites the Night Before Christmas, dad reads the story of the birth of Christ, grandparents share traditions they grew up doing at christmas in Greece & Germany)
-SERIA FAMILY PHOTO SHOOT...b/c who knows when the next time we'll all be home at the same time
-FHE w/ the Blacker family (we played "minute to win it" games...Kenna was the champion for sure)
-New Year's Eve Fondue Party w/ the family & my cousin Sasha's family... we adopted that from the Skousen gang
-Visit w/ the Kraus family (joel's sis, Liana+her hubby, Collin+2 adorable nieces, Lilly & Lucy)
-DANCE PARTIES w/ little Roran multiple times a day (roran absolutely loves dancing. unfortunately none of my videos were good enough to post)
-my sis, Amanda & I constantly fighting over RORAN PHILIP!!! this is a never-ending thing b/c we're OBSESSED w/ that child!!!
Derek & Joel
singing Away in a Manger in Spanish @ the Seria Christmas Eve Program
Joel got ice skates...he's super happy!
Joel & I opening presents Christmas morning/afternoon
Morgan, me, Kenna & Joel at FHE
Jared (bro-in-law), Joel, Dave (my good friend) & Derek: my adorable baby brother
at the Seria Shindig
RORAN PHILIP
he started this scowl thing which I'm pretty sure he got from his daddy
TEMPLE TRIP...notice no coats needed
mom, amanda, jared, grams, papou, me, joel, karissa & devin
Roran lookin' like a STUD!
Lucy & Lilly
lilly was apparently disgusted by lucy's poor little rash
Liana, Collin, me & Joel
we had fun w/ the Kraus fam. i showed them the best places to live (ie: where I want to live one day) b/c we want to live near them soon-ish
Devin (my bro-in-law) preparing for Fondue Night/ New Year's Eve
Joel, Jared, Amanda, Glen & Megan (my cousin)
Joel, me, Amanda & Jared toasting to the New Year!
Derek (the best little brother in the WORLD) hittin' the road to head back to BYU-Idaho
SERIA FAMILY
clockwise: me, joel, devin, jared, derek, amanda, mom, dad, karissa & roran
SERIA SISTERS w/ their HUBBIES
SERIA KIDS
I seriously spent like 15 to 20 minutes saying this to Roran. Needless to say my throat was a bit sore afterwards.
But he's a silly kid and a little entertainer/ mimicker. We had fun!
Anyway...we had a blast over Christmas with my family. A lot of memories were made and I'm glad I got to share some of them with you. Hope you all had a fantastic Christmas!
5 comments:
Hilarious! Thanks for sharing!
Looks like a fantastic Christmas. When we are at Mike house it is usually 12 adults 5 kids sharing 6 bed rooms with 4 adults + 7 kids there during the day... so I can totally appreciate your statement "never a dull moment."
ps- the post 1-10 you asked me about on my blog is part of a "30 day bloc challenge." You can find it on my blog
http://kristinandmike08.blogspot.com/2011/01/stollen.html
it is kind of fun because you have a prompt every day so its not the same day in day out stuff (My life is pretty boring mon-fri since it is just work work work! So this has been fun. You should do it! Mostly because I would love reading your posts!
you posted! exciting! and i think we know your brother-in-law jared- is his last name cook? he is from our stake (manteca, ca) and would mostly know brad's family. small world if that's him!
Yep. That's Jared Cook alright. That is funny! It's true... the world is so small!
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