CHrIsTMaS!

For all those(2 people) that were wondering, "How did the Hodges spend their Christmas?" Let me tell you the tale...

We had Santa come a day early to our home, (yes, you can have the BIG guy come to your home early if you put in a special request) that way we could have an extra day to spend with my brother, Adam and his wife, Genn and their little boy Colton. They were flying out the day after Christmas to be with Genn's family. So to make sure we had a day with them, Santa came early to our home. So here's just a few pictures of the girls on Christmas Eve morning opening their presents. Madi was very excited to see all the presents Santa brought. Avery's favorite gift was a baby that giggles and shakes. She loves it and giggles right along with it.


After cleaning up Christmas, we took off to Rexburg to spend the rest of the week with my family. And this was a typical day during our week in a nutshell...

We (Ryan, Josh, April, Adam, Randy, my Dad, and Celeste) built this awesome sled ramp off the roof of my paren'ts house to sled down. I didn't add any contribution to the construction of this amazing sled hill/ramp with being sick but it was fun to watch everyone else on it!
Here's Madi with Uncle Randy sledding down. They went easy with her and didn't go clear to the top of the roof!

Aunt Celeste and Madi going down

Madi enjoying the snow with her aunts, uncles and grandpa! (I don't know how many pairs of gloves I have bought her and they have all gotten lost...to many to count!! So socks were the next best thing.


We played ROOK, Settlers of Zarahelma, and Scum most of the week. We love board games and card games in my family and we are all very competivite. Too much sometimes, it can get pretty scary-! :)
We also chowed down on delicious food all week! My mom is a awesome cook, and if it wasn't for all the throwing up I did because of the pregnancy, I would have easliy gained ten pounds!
My family got Guitar Hero for Christmas so there was lots of noise going on...here's Madi jammin' out.
There was also plenty of lounging around and watching movies. Here's Avery getting a full body massage on my dad's massage chair. She really enjoyed that!

And what's a better way to end the FUN day, then a nice hot relaxing bubble bath? (well, minus the relaxing hot-bubble-part. Instead add LOTS of splashing done by Avery while Madi gets mad.)

We hope everyone had a safe and wonderful Christmas this year!!!