A Very Merry Opfar Christmas

My favorite part of Christmas... having my husband home! Hooray! I love that he gets time off work and we can just spend time together as a family.

CHRISTMAS EVE 
Tyler and I are notorious for being super random and spontaneous. These traits are what lead us to Knott's Berry Farm on Christmas Eve. Have a mentioned I love living in Southern California? Well it is awesome. We can say things like, hey let's go to an amusement park it is just down the road.

The last time I was at Knott's Berry Farm was when I was 9 and Tyler has never been there.

One of the coolest parts was randomly running into our friends from church. We seem to always run into them when we are out and about. They are self-proclaimed seasoned professionals at Knotts. Kristen, the mom, gave us all the insider details on things to check out and do. Including the shows to watch.  Sitting in the splash zone of the bank robbery show made for a super soaker fun time. We loved it. 

Tyler and I are suckers for getting caught up in the theme park fun. And Ted is a sucker for a good hat. The trip ended with our family buying season passes to the theme park since they are super cheap if you buy them before the beginning of the new year. I am so excited and there will be more posts from Knotts in the future. :) 

The night ended with some Face Time with family. I am grateful for modern technology that lets us see our far away families. 

 

CHRISTMAS DAY

Christmas is so much fun with a couple little kids to spend it with. Ted woke up to a giant rock quarry train set to play with. He loved it and I love that there are no batteries necessary. I am an avid believer in avoiding obnoxious electronic noise toys. They are both annoying and I feel like kids are more able to use their imaginations when the toy is not yammering at them all day. 

Tyler spoiled me with so many new accessories for my camera. I got a flash which I used to take this beautiful picture of Ruby the glamour queen. 

And he got me a wide angle lens and a fisheye lens. How cool is that? I never thought I would own a fisheye lens. I am going to have to come up with some fun things to do with it. Things in the picture are smaller than they appear ;) 

And one of the toys Santa brought Tyler was a flying Millennium Falcon. It is so dang cute and flies really well. Tyler is no Han Solo yet but he is getting there. It was so much fun watching him fly this aircraft around the apartment and terrorize Ruby and the boys. 

Happy first Christmas to Tidus!!!