Wow! How time does fly! We have had a wonderful Holiday season filled with
fun,
love,
family, and lets not forget a few
fights. We were able to do a few activities this Christmas that involved service. Not always an easy thing but definitely something I want my kids to learn. My sister in law tries to get all of her shopping done before Thanksgiving so she can have time to focus on the Savior and be able to do fun activities with her kids. I thought that was a great idea seems how I don't even start shopping until the day after Thanksgiving. (There are a lot of pics, mostly for you to see Mom and Dad)
We had many outings to the festival of trees for different performances in December. Mikayla and Hailey enjoyed seeing Santa. By the end of the week, Valerie would still not sit on his lap but she knew where to find him and would go hide behind a tree so she could get a good look at him.
Acting out the Nativity on Christmas Eve. Our little "
angels" were just beaming. Hailey had been counting down the
sleeps for this night for a long time. We had our traditional candle light dinner with frape and calzones. Our dishwasher went out on Christmas Eve so Dave was busy installing a new dishwasher while we were trying to make dinner.
The kids in their new fuzzy pajamas. We sure needed these with the cold weather outside. I thought our house might blow down Christmas Eve night because it was so windy and snowy. Santa still mangaged to find us okay though.
Christmas morning was filled with excitement. I decided I will be borrowing all of the kids stuff seems how they are nicer than anything I own - ipods, camera, video camera.
Wow! How time does fly! We have had a wonderful Holiday season filled with fun, love, family, and lets not forget a few fights. We were able to do a few activities this Christmas that involved service. Not always an easy thing but definitely something I want my kids to learn. My sister in law tries to get all of her shopping done before Thanksgiving so she can have time to focus on the Savior and be able to do fun activities with her kids. I thought that was a great idea seems how I don't even start shopping until the day after Thanksgiving. (There are a lot of pics, mostly for you to see Mom and Dad)
We had many outings to the festival of trees for different performances in December. Mikayla and Hailey enjoyed seeing Santa. By the end of the week, Valerie would still not sit on his lap but she knew where to find him and would go hide behind a tree so she could get a good look at him.
Acting out the Nativity on Christmas Eve. Our little "angels" were just beaming. Hailey had been counting down the sleeps for this night for a long time. We had our traditional candle light dinner with frape and calzones. Our dishwasher went out on Christmas Eve so Dave was busy installing a new dishwasher while we were trying to make dinner.
The kids in their new fuzzy pajamas. We sure needed these with the cold weather outside. I thought our house might blow down Christmas Eve night because it was so windy and snowy. Santa still mangaged to find us okay though.
Christmas morning was filled with excitement. I decided I will be borrowing all of the kids stuff seems how they are nicer than anything I own - ipods, camera, video camera.
Oh yes, the famous cupcake maker Mikayla just had to have! (you know the kind you only use once)
3 comments:
It's about time! I have been checking your blog religiously and to no avail! It looks like a rockin time at the shirley house! We missed seeing you all this christmas season. Do you think you and Dave can make it to PV Mexico this spring? When your parent's get home we plan on coming up for a vacation too. I just wish we lived closer! Hope you have a great new year!
Those pictures are really cute, but I'm a little disappointed. It seems like no one took pictures while they were at the Shirley's. You know, since we missed out I always like to see the pics.
BTW- we are both jealous of Cade's Ipod touch!!We hear it's the 32 GB too. That's what Mike wanted, but since we are poor, he settled for a different one.
Love the pictures. Gavin will be so jealous of the jeep..barbie and all. Glad you had a great Christmas!
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