Christmas with a blended family can get tricky, but we have the holidays pretty well coordinated where we get my Aidan and Adam's 3 kids for the same holidays each year. Since Zander is still so young he doesn't notice if we celebrate Easter a week early, or Christmas a few days late… I hope that he will just grow up this way and accept it as he gets older, we will see.
So this year we had only Zander for the actual Christmas day. We didn't do a whole lot, but since we are staying with my parents they did want to give the little guy a few presents on Christmas morning. We also went through with the normal holiday tradition of driving around and looking at Christmas lights on Christmas Eve, Zander was very impressed with all the pretty lights and mostly with the Santa's.
Since we are staying with my parents in a 900 square foot house, and our family lives in 1 of their 2 bedrooms, we thought it would be better to get all the kids and spend a few days at a hotel in the warm Arizona sun in Phoenix. We brought all the presents, and the stockings Santa had filled, and checked into the hotel early on the 26th, then drove out the get all the kids. We brought them back to the hotel and had a great little set up….. We didn't get to have a tree, but our Christmas bear that has been in the family for as long as I have did a fine job of filling in! We all had a blast opening our present and everyone got what they wanted. Lyndsay got a beautiful pair of UGG boots, Dylan got a new mountain bike so he can enjoy another fun hobby with dad, the Aiden's both got MP3 players, all charged up and preloaded with each of their favorite songs, Zander got a truck that has forward and reverse buttons on it that you push and it drives, it also plays music….. Adam and I gave each other the gift of staying at this great hotel for a few days, but he also got me some great warm boots which I love, and I had a few small things for him as well his favorite being a good pair of swimming goggles which he has been using every day since we have been here.
Our Christmas bear stood in for a tree this year
Zander got to play santa and hand out gifts this year
Lynz got her Uggs! Daddy and his little girl!
Adam is an amazing deal finder. He found us a suite at the Hilton Tapitio Cliffs Resort for under $100 a day! There are 8 pools, all heated to a nice 84 degrees, a big water slide, Jacuzzi's at each pool, tennis courts and an awesome workout room. The weather has been great, today it was almost 70! Zander loves the water more than any baby I have ever met, so between that and having his brothers and sissy here he is in heaven! We have been just relaxing, laying in the sun, and enjoying each other 100%! We are staying at the resort until the 31st, then we are off to Lakeside to spend New Years with my parents, then we will come back to Phoenix to spend the kids' last few days with us with Adam's parents. Lyndsay and I have a plan to get massages while she is here, I have a gift certificate for 1, and she has never done it before, and we deserve a girls day out every once in a while!
Here are a few pictures of our awesome Christmas…. With a family like I am blessed with life just doesn't get much sweeter than this!
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