The Wright Family

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Christmas Day

We arrived in Tucson on Christmas Eve. After visiting with family it was time to get to bed so Santa could stop by.

Lyndon sprinkled his reindeer food.

He picked out the perfect cookies and left Egg Nog this year.

Then it was off to bed. Lyndon was extremely excited this year and couldn't stop giggling so he could go to sleep.

CHRISTMAS MORNING:

Santa found Lyndon and definitely spoiled him!

Austen also made a snow angel outside on the side walk for Lyndon even though their wasn't any snow anywhere else.....and he wrote Lyndon notes all over the bathroom mirrors.

After church we celebrated a wonderful Christmas at Grandmemere's with a delicious meal.

Then it was time for presents.

Lyndon giving Grandmemere her present from us: an ibook of Lyndon from December 2010-December 2011.

Lyndon's quarterback book from Memere and Pepere.

Helping Memere open the necklace and earrings we bought for her.

Autumn playing with one of her many toys!

Unfortunately the whole family wasn't able to celebrate together, but we were able to see everyone before we headed home.

Friday, December 30, 2011

Last Week B4 Christmas

We had a GREAT Christmas with PowPow & PopPop on the Sunday before Christmas since we traveled to Tucson for Christmas.

The boys helped open the adults presents.

Carter & Grant bought Lyndon a 3DS game which he loved.

We enjoyed a great meal, lots of visiting time, & of course presents.

Lyndon came home with oodles of gifts.

Lyndon made a GIANT snowman cookie during his art lesson.

Lyndon did a great job in planning and decorating his cookie!

Lyndon had his school Christmas party on the last day of school which was the Thursday before Christmas. It felt really weird going to school so close to Christmas and also made me do lots of pre-planning to have everything ready for Christmas and for our trip, but it will be VERY nice to not be in school come June!

The teachers had a great idea of ordering pizza for the 3rd graders and having their party as a whole group.

The parents also brought a $5 gift for their child.

Lyndon was very excited about his Wii bowling game-I had purchased it on clearance months ago.

From OUR Family to YOURS

Austen

One of Santa's elves made his way to our home this year. Lyndon named Austen after reading the book, Elf on a Shelf. Lyndon asked me to get his baby book down and he picked Austen's name from a list of possible choices we used when picking Lyndon's name.

Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of all of Austen's mischief behavior!

The night that Austen "TP"-ed our Christmas tree was one of Lyndon's favorites!

Austen also: hung from the ceiling fan-upside down, posed as one of Lyndon's nutcrackers, made a bed out of toilet paper, turned the milk green, drew funny faces on our family ski picture, peeked over the living room curtains, read Lyndon's library book, hid in the wreath on our bedroom door, hid in the greenery above the kitchen window, made Lyndon a silly lunch from random items in the pantry, climbed in Christmas presents, hid in the cup holder of the car, wandered into the Wyndham in El Paso to hide in Lyndon's backpack. Lyndon enjoyed finding Austen each morning and even wrote a few notes to Austen and for Austen to deliver to Santa. I was beginning to worry about what Austen might do next, which made it more fun for Lyndon.

We are excited to see Austen next year as he spends his summer with Santa at the North Pole.

My only regret is that I didn't purchase Austen years ago.....why did I wait so long??????

God's Greatest Gift

The 3rd graders at our church pick their part in the Christmas play. After the 3rd grade picks their parts the other parts are then given to the older students. I teach the 3rd & 4th grade class and have for years so the play is definitely memorized by myself, but the students must memorize their lines. Lyndon wanted to be one of the 3 Kings. Lyndon actually had a speaking part when he was in kindergarten when the student to be Joseph was home sick. I bribed Lyndon into playing the part and we quickly memorized his lines. With all of this being said, he wasn't nervous since he already had experience and had weeks to prepare instead of hours.