Merry Christmas!

Eryn and Nolan with some of their Santa gifts

Sabelka Christmas (Christmas Eve)

Nolan and I

Derek and his "Thomas"

Carolan Christmas (Christmas Day)

Merry Christmas from the Sabelka's!  It's been a fun packed few days!  Our Christmas started on Sunday with our family Christmas.  We had to adjust some of our festivities due to our work schedules but it worked out really well!  Presents and a trip to holiday lights topped off our Sunday.  Christmas Eve it was off to the Sabelka family Christmas, and today Carolan family christmas.  We are so blessed and fortunate to have good health and great family to spend the holidays with!

Another Santa Sighting!

Our Christmas traditions continue with the annual Santa visit at the Library....some things haven't changed from last year, like Derek's dislike for this Santa...not sure why but he was NOT getting on this guy's lap!

Carolan Christmas 2012!

Yesterday we had the annual Carolan Christmas get together, hosted by my wonderful aunt Gail!  As always, it was a great time with plenty of food, drink and laughs!  A highlight of the day was when Santa paid us a visit!  The kids were so excited but had lots of questions about why Santa had arrived in a van??!!  Santa is a smart 'ol guy and knew all the kids' names!  He also brought a special gift to my uncle Dan. (I tried to upload the video but no luck!).  We also had fun with the guy and girl gift exchange!  There's getting to be more and more great grandkids, so it makes things even more fun! 

Traditions

We all have traditions that we follow this time of year.  Ours aren't many, but they are important to us.  One of them is getting the Christmas tree the Sunday after Thanksgiving.  Another one that we started a couple of years ago is gingerbread houses.  Well, this year I found a train, and since Derek is into trains, that's what it was.  The weekend got away from us with deer hunting festivities, so Monday night we got going with the decorating.  We made a night of it with watching Rudolph, having popcorn, and of course digging into the gingerbread train!

Nolan Turns 6!

Our sweet little Nolan turned six last Wednesday.  With both boys having birthdays in November we decided the best way to celebrate them both was to have a party together in conjunction with Thanksgiving.  The boys had a great time, we had beautiful weather, and of course, ate to our heart's content!

Following the festivities, Nolan spent the night with his cousin Keegan while Lexie and Eryn had a sleepover here.  We met up on Friday for a movie and pizza with my parents. 

Since then it's been the hustle and bustle of the holiday season with plenty of baking, shopping and wrapping going in in addition to the other daily duties in this busy household!