Mackay Madness: CHRISTMAS DAY

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

CHRISTMAS DAY

Santa and the elves worked very hard on the kids gifts this year...and all the Mackay children were very happy on Christmas morning.

Chance got his "dream" skateboard.

and "Dallas Cowboy Fatheads" for his new room.

Easton got more "Halo" toys and of course Santa brought the exact bike that Easton had explained to him in great detail. It needed to be yellow and orange, made by Tony Hawk, and have pegs!

Hannah (still half asleep) but a good sport to get up early for her brothers...got lots of clothes, a book, makeup etc.

The biggest surprise for the girlies....THEIR NEW IPHONES. Oh wow, Santa must be nuts. We haven't seen the girls since these beauties arrived. The possibilities are endless. I'm sure their just coordinating with friends about homework and stuff. Ha, ha, ha....NOTTTT!

Daddy got a new pancake griddle from the kiddies...he is famous for his Sunday morning flapjacks!

My Dad and Jody came over after church for brunch. As always, we just layed around and laughed. Jody (my stepmom) cracks me up. She recently got 1/2 her kidney removed and is still recovering...so being as warped as we are...made kidney jokes all day:) She could hardly make it out to the car by the time they left because we made her organs so sore!

Guess who went and got a "real" reindeer footprint and picture of that reindeer and gave it to Chance?? Yep, my crafty, cute Dad! He probably got the idea off of "Good things Utah" because he and I share a great love for that show. (He's going to kill me for writing that.)
Chance thought that was the "coolest ever." He and Dad are going to go meet that reindeer in REAL LIFE very soon.

Poppy and Dotty came out too. They spoiled the kids. And they gave our family this awesome "handcrafted" paddle from Hawaii...it is only given to special people as a token of love. Poppy teared up when he told us the meaning behind it. So awesome.
A few days before Christmas, he and Dotty made a surprise DROP OFF at our front door with a fiber optic (super classy) Santa decoration, and plugged it in on the front porch. Then sent me a text "Feliz Navidad" from Mom. Yay, I'm so glad my Mom bought such eclectic decorations and now I'm the proud owner. Ha ha ha.
Our family has come so far in the last few years. Something that at one time i thought could never be restored has blossomed beyond words. I'm so grateful for ALL of my family this Christmas. We are very blessed.

3 comments:

THE WILLIAMS FAMILY said...: What a beautiful, most perfect Christmas Day... love you all!!!; January 24, 2012 at 10:09 PM
Bell Family said...: I love your Christmas moring! Looks like tons of fun to be had with you guys!!; January 28, 2012 at 7:42 AM
jenn said...: This post is the sweetest. It brought tears to my eyes! Just adore you guys so much!; January 31, 2012 at 12:45 PM

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From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!