Merry Christmas

We enjoyed a Wonderful Christmas her in AZ! It was actually COLD and WINDY and felt like WINTER! The kids stayed in their PJ's all day and put together Lego sets that Santa brought. It was also our baby's first Christmas which always makes Christmas just a little more special! I am glad my children STILL believe in ALL the magic Christmas has to offer!

I FINALLY got my Christmas Cards out with help from my dad and hubby who created an assembly line!

mom and sisters

I have had a lot of family in town which has been a blast! My mom (far right in black) and her 2 sisters were together for an afternoon so I just had to pull out my camera. All 3 have great sense of humors so it wasn't long before they were laughing so hard they were crying!
(oh...and they requested I remove any double chins, wrinkles, etc, but I think all that adds character....so I am leaving it all...sorry mom and aunts!)

Brother's Family

Had a little photo shoot with my brother and his darling family! It even feels like fall in some of these photos! We really don't have a lot of trees or fallen leaves, but we found a spot that sort of gave us that Fall Feeling....eventhough its December and everywhere else has snow! By the way, I am having a hard time with blogspot putting big spaces in my entries or smooshing all my photos together. I have NO CLUE why its doing that!

Advent Calendar

We got this fun advent calendar last year from my sis-in-law who got it at Restoration

Hardware. This is the first year we get to use it, but I thought I would let you see what is

going inside each day! The boys get to take turns opening and I don't put it in until the night

before while they are sleeping so they won't open them all in one day when I am not looking! (Like I used to do as a kid!)

Oops...I still have one day to fill in....still thinking about that one!

DEC. 1- Go buy annual Family Christmas Books.
DEC. 2- Make Christmas CD, deliver copies to people./Watch
1st Presidency Devotional.
DEC. 3- Go on a drive to see the Holiday Lights.
Talk about Jesus’s characteristics and 3 ways we
can be more like him.
DEC. 4- Teach Austin to tie his shoes and Max to put on and
take off his shirt. Write down 3 things about each
family member that you love about them.
DEC. 5- Do a Random Act of Kindness for a neighbor
or friend or stranger today.
DEC. 6-Watch the Grinch and eat popcorn.
DEC. 7- Do something nice for someone in our family today.
DEC. 8- Go buy yearly ornament for each kid for the kid’s tree.
Participate in the Angel Tree program at the mall.
(Take the Christmas jar money!)
DEC. 9- Draw photos and nice notes to Christy
DEC. 10- Make Hot Fudge Sauce and deliver it.
DEC. 11- AUSTIN’S BIRTHDAY! Everyone has to give him 8
hugs, 8 kisses, and 8 birthday spankings! Tell Austin how much you

love him by drawing him a picture or writing him a letter.

DEC. 12- Decorate the Gingerbread House. Do something nice
for someone in your house today.
DEC. 13- AUSTIN GETS BAPTIZED TONIGHT!
READ JESUS’S BAPTISM STORY!
DEC. 14- Sleep under the tree and adults share stories of
Christmastime when they were kids.
DEC. 15-ELLA'S SPECIAL DAY AND BABY BLESSING!
Tell Ella how much you love her by writing her a letter or

drawing her a picture.
DEC. 16- Go See the Temple Lights
DEC. 17- Snuggle up with Blankets and hot chocolate in a fort
built by us and ready our collection of Christmas Books
by flashlight.
DEC. 18- Make nini’s custard and write notes to grandparents.
DEC. 19-
DEC. 20- Go visit Santa Claus and take photos.
DEC. 21- Give cash surprise in a tip to someone at Denny’s or
wherever who is working the graveyard shift.
DEC. 22- Watch Luke 2 DVD to Breath of Heaven by Amy Grant.
DEC. 23- Make and Decorate Cookies for Santa.
DEC. 24- OPEN PJ’s & read the Night Before Christmas & the
Nativity with Children’s Nativity pieces.
DEC. 25- HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS! Tell Jesus how much
you love him by writing it down or drawing a picture.