Last year I did my Christmas post at the end of July. It's still June, so I am so ahead of schedule!!!
Mostly, I just want to share a collection of pictures. And that's probably mostly for me. It was a lovely Christmas season, as always, and I am so grateful for that time of year.
So, here goes...
First off, December 1st rolls around and out come the Advent Calendars. I'm kind of a junkie when it comes to the countdown to Christmas. We have some spiritual ones and some commercial ones and I hope to add more. Maybe next Christmas I'll take some pictures of the fun we have crossing of the days to December 25th!
Now to something I did get photos of:
We always enjoy our Ward Christmas Party. This year my parents unexpectedly showed up to drop something off and ended up staying for a while. That made it extra special!
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| Rebecca and Papa Lay love each other a lot! |
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| The kids love to see Santa. Rebecca stepped right up to tell him all her Christmas wishes. |
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| Logan and Santa Claus |
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| Luke was having a moment. Santa was just not his thing right then, but Samantha let him get in like with her and helped make him feel better. |
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| She loves Santa Claus so much. I'm not sure I ever want to spoil the magic! |
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| Luke was willing to walk up and grab his goodie bag. I don't think Santa even got a handshake. ;o) |
On the 14th, I went to the Smith School Christmas
Program. I still miss Mrs. Berg, but this was the best performance
since her departure a few years back. Logan is a ham and I love him at
the end of the video.
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| Pretty in purple Samantha |
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| I adore his GQ pose here. Handsome kid. |
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One of the really fun experiences we had was when our family was invited to go on a trolley ride with Santa! We sang Christmas carols on the way and then the kids got to pick out any gift they wanted. It was a lot of fun and we felt so grateful for the generous invitation.
On the 18th, we were invited to my cousin's house for a birthday party for his son and daughter who had recently turned one and nine. Jared and Heather and their family are the most fun!
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| Timmy was busy mooching cake off my Uncle Dave. |
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| "Don't mind if I do!" This is the result of so much fun partying going on that we didn't notice Timothy had decided to dive into the chocolate cake on his own! |
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| Ramsey, Timmy, and Jackson. These boys were all born within a month of each other. So sweet. |
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Finally, let the official Christmas Festivities begin!!!
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| We had our traditional Taco Dinner on Christmas Eve. It's fun. I wonder if we'll continue as the kids get older... Following this we went to see the Live Nativity and neighborhood Christmas lights out by our stake |
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| The Christmas Jammies picture didn't get taken until the next morning. |
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| Don't look at me in the picture. Just focus on my new pajama pants. They are covered in little PURPLE Eiffel Towers and postcard written in French! (And they are oh-so-comfy.) |
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| Becky and the Bath Dolly |
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| Samantha with the collection of Beverly Cleary books we got. I loved the Ramona books and Ross love the Mouse and the Motorcycle books, so it seemed a perfect fit for our family! |
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| Ross with his new Aquabats CD. By some miracle I found it in Helena! Also, notice the box he just took it out of. I never wrap just the CD because it's too easy to figure out what it is. Always, always find a box to keep this man guessing. |
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| Samantha Claus |
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| Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Logan, Luke and Timothy. You'll have to decide which is which. |
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| Two views of our Christmas tree. We went with a blue theme (with white lights) this year in addition to the dated ornaments we also have. I like how it turned out! |
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| Christmas Morning Mayhem! | |
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| After a lovely sacrament meeting (at which I realized I was getting sick -- blech), we went out to my parents' house for Christmas Dinner. We did cool things like watch Star Wars. |
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| Mom and Me. She's amazing and put together a lovely spread as always. I am so grateful to both her and my Dad for teaching us of the Savior, Jesus Christ and the true meaning of Christmas. I love this holiday we have to remember Him! |
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