We had a wonderful Christmas. On Tuesday we got to meet with Hema's birth mother (Katie) and it was so great to see her. We went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point, then went to lunch and then hung out at our house for a while. Katie is doing great and is so sweet with Little Hema and Vela. We love you Katie and are always so grateful to get to spend time with you! 
Little Hema was so excited to finally get Spike the dinosaur. He hasn't stopped playing with it! Daddy Hema has had at least that much fun too! 
Vela liked the pink pony, but loved the baby doll. She took turns feeding the baby the bottle and then herself. 
Here is my favorite gift that Hema made in preschool.
Great grandpa got up a little later for breakfast and presents. We are so grateful for the time we get to spend with him!
For those of you that don't know. This is my parents house. They live pretty much in the middle of nowhere and it is pure heaven. 
Unless there is lots of snow and wind drifting the snow and you are trying to leave in a Toyota Camry. We got major stuck and had to have the men dig us out and push a lot to move at all. Finally my dad just hooked us up to his truck and pulled us to the main road. The kids thought it was great! 
Here's our hero!!
Then we hurried home and headed up to the Katoa's for more fun. Here is grandma Katoa and the kids with the clothes she made them.
Here is Hema's sister Lepeka and a few of the cousins.
We had a great meal and lots of fun. Everyone was there, even Mani made it in from Hawaii! Aunt Lote spoiled the kids with gifts. Thanks Lot!! I have no idea why we didn't end up with more pictures. We had a great time with our families and love them and are so blessed to have both so close. We've done lots of things since Christmas, but this post is so long and I feel just about like Vela in this picture right now...
Here's the shirt Katie got for Hema.
That night a we had a awesome group come Christmas caroling to us. They were on a Horse drawn cart that was all decorated with lights. You can't see it very well in the picture because a very impatient car was trying to get around the horses. The Van Bloem family was singing and they are amazing. It was so cool. I wish I could sing so that I could do that next year. Maybe we could just go on a sleigh ride or something. 
We spent Christmas Eve at the farm with Becky's family. It was fun to have dinner, read the Christmas story from the bible 
and exchange family gifts. All 8 kids and their spouses and children were able to come. It was wonderful to be together. My mom made all the girls in the family these cute aprons. 
That night a we had a awesome group come Christmas caroling to us. They were on a Horse drawn cart that was all decorated with lights. You can't see it very well in the picture because a very impatient car was trying to get around the horses. The Van Bloem family was singing and they are amazing. It was so cool. I wish I could sing so that I could do that next year. Maybe we could just go on a sleigh ride or something. We spent Christmas Eve at the farm with Becky's family. It was fun to have dinner, read the Christmas story from the bible and exchange family gifts. All 8 kids and their spouses and children were able to come. It was wonderful to be together. My mom made all the girls in the family these cute aprons. All the grandsons got slippers. Here is Hema modeling his with his new jammies!
We spent the night there and here are our kids and the Pixton kids lined up on the steps Christmas morning. It was a little early for Vela. (It seems like we have posted a lot of pictures with her crying lately, but I assure you she is a very happy girl!)
We spent the night there and here are our kids and the Pixton kids lined up on the steps Christmas morning. It was a little early for Vela. (It seems like we have posted a lot of pictures with her crying lately, but I assure you she is a very happy girl!) Little Hema was so excited to finally get Spike the dinosaur. He hasn't stopped playing with it! Daddy Hema has had at least that much fun too! Vela liked the pink pony, but loved the baby doll. She took turns feeding the baby the bottle and then herself. Here is my favorite gift that Hema made in preschool.Great grandpa got up a little later for breakfast and presents. We are so grateful for the time we get to spend with him! For those of you that don't know. This is my parents house. They live pretty much in the middle of nowhere and it is pure heaven. Unless there is lots of snow and wind drifting the snow and you are trying to leave in a Toyota Camry. We got major stuck and had to have the men dig us out and push a lot to move at all. Finally my dad just hooked us up to his truck and pulled us to the main road. The kids thought it was great! Here's our hero!! Then we hurried home and headed up to the Katoa's for more fun. Here is grandma Katoa and the kids with the clothes she made them. Here is Hema's sister Lepeka and a few of the cousins.We had a great meal and lots of fun. Everyone was there, even Mani made it in from Hawaii! Aunt Lote spoiled the kids with gifts. Thanks Lot!! I have no idea why we didn't end up with more pictures. We had a great time with our families and love them and are so blessed to have both so close. We've done lots of things since Christmas, but this post is so long and I feel just about like Vela in this picture right now...... so I will post more later.
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Looks like it was loads of fun!! I didn't know your parents lived in the middle of nowhere!! What a great place!! It looks like you had a great time with lots of family- how nice to be so close!!
The kids look adorable!! I know Hema & Chase are only a few weeks apart, but they will be a year apart in school- it is so cute to see the similarities- Chase loves Dinosaurs!! And he could literally live a the dinosaur museum we do not go there nearly enough for him!!
Sounds like a wonderful family Christmas, just how it should be, heros and all!
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