happy christmas!

christmas this year was spent in idaho falls with the rucks' family.

we drove down from moscow, making it our 3rd trip down since august.

crazy? possibly. this trip took us a little longer, with the snowy roads we encountered. 

 

but it was the first time we have all been together in at least 2 years.

so it was fun to see everyone all together again.

we took parker to see santa with his cousin charlee, hoping he would see her with santa

and then not be afraid of him. boy were we wrong. 

 all smiles while waiting.

and then......

BAM!

maybe next year buddy. 

christmas eve was parker's 2nd birthday. still cant believe i have a two year old.

and i still really cant believe his birthday is christmas eve. 

we took him to chick-fil-a for his birthday lunch, because its my favorite, and he doesnt

have a say yet. can you believe jared's family arent really fans of chick-fil-a? 

crazy right?

i sure enjoyed it. and i think parker did too, since he ate 6 chicken nuggets. plus some fries. 

they gave him a balloon, a stuffed cow, AND a free cookie,

plus they sang to him. and he covered his face with his balloon the whole time.

we came home and had some cousin bonding time

then had some papa murphey's pizza and opened presents.

he.was.spoiled.

 happy 2nd birthday little dude! 

you drive us nuts but i guess we will keep ya.

with all of us home this year, there sure was a lot of presents under the tree.

parker got just as many presents christmas morning as he did for his birthday.

he very much enjoyed eating candy for breakfast.

im afraid to know how much he had.

he most definitely had a very thomas filled birthday and christmas.

thank you to everyone who helped make parkers birthday and christmas very enjoyable.

between his aunts/uncles/cousins/grandparents and me and jared, he sure made out this year.

we had a white christmas this year and a few days after christmas jared took parker out to play in it.

i was sure he wouldnt last long, but an hour later he was still out there playing. he loved the snow

and didnt complain one bit about being cold. even after jared threw a snowball in his face.

good thing jared enjoys playing in the snow, because i would not have lasted 

that long out there with him. 

it was a great christmas, and so fun to see parker get SO EXCITED over everything.

we were all very spoiled this year.

we are definitely very blessed to have such good families that take care of us.