The kids were so excited to get the Christmas season going! They couldn't wait to get the decorations out and play with everything. They were so into Shorty the elf this year and Shorty did a pretty good job remembering to move every night too! Colt was the cutest to watch as he was always explaining the Santa/elf stuff to Ellie. He was definitely the most excited with all the Christmas stuff this year. Ellie loved the lights around the neighborhood the best. She kept calling every ones lights "Halloween" since that is the only decorations she ever remembers seeing! "Look at the Halloween mom!" It was so cute. They were kind of bummed we didn't put any lights up outside this year because we were headed to New York for Christmas and gave ourselves a break on the lights.
Colt took this, it is just to document that I was around this Christmas season since I didn't make any other pictures!
I love this picture! This is what life is normally like around here! Thanks for smiling through it Eric! What a great dad you are!
We talked Eric into getting a tree this year, he was against it because we were leaving a week before Christmas, but how could we not!! The kids are never going to love Christmas as much as they do right now. They make everything more fun at Christmas time. It feels like a whirlwind of a month but it is a great month.
We didn't have an string with us when we got this so we rode slowly home balancing it on the roof! It looks like a mini tree here! It was small but not as small as it looks :)
Eric loves the Christmas traditions. He loves getting a real tree and spending time there with the kids picking out the perfect one. This year we stopped at a grocery store after dinner one night, chose the cheapest one we could find and it had lots of holes in it. Not his ideal situation but the kids had a blast with the holey tree! All they cared about was decorating it and that we actually got one!
Could they be any happier!!
My calling at church is with the 8&9 year old girls. We took them Christmas caroling at the nursing home near church. They were a little shy but did a great job! The residents were so happy to have us there and hear some songs, great job girls!
We had a fun night of crazy cookie decorating with our friends! The kids were so happy and it is awesome having some older kids around to help with the younger ones, bonus for me!
Gabby and Olivia
Rachel and Jenna
Colt, Kennady, and Ellie
Colt and I catching a nap one day when we got a chance :)
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