Ho Ho Ho- What A Merry Christmas!



I really, really, really loved Christmas this year! I mean, it's always a great holiday but this year Isabel was old enough to understand the concept and it just made it all so much more fun. Although she was terrified of seeing Santa (would not even go near him for one single picture) she loved him in theory---talking about him and Rudolph almost every single day for a month straight. It was also really neat this year because Bel started to understand the Christmas story and the idea that Christmas is really about celebrating Jesus' birthday. We had a little picture book that explained how Jesus was born and why his birth was so special. We read that book about a zillion times and it was a pretty nice reminder for her mom too- it can be easy to lose perspective during this busy season and forget what we should really be focusing on. Below are just some of the pics from our holiday (I took a lot).... Enjoy!

Cookie Making!   (or in our case..... Frosting Eating!)

Enjoying the lights on Juniper Lane

Dressed up for Christmas Eve church- Isabel almost made it through the whole service.. she got a little rowdy towards the end

Isabel loves her cousin Payton! Don't these girls look serious?

 The Kerruish family celebrating Paytee's first Christmas

 Happy Grandma

 My cousin Shannon and her little guy Marcus stopped by on Christmas Eve for a visit too

 Isabel was excited for Santa to arrive... so excited she did NOT want to go to bed

 Aww... Santa brought me a gift too!

Santa came!!

 Daddy gets to help put everything together... (in the future we will probably do that the night before :)

Christmas Brunch at Grandpa and YaYa's house!

Art supplies from Aunt Mimi and Uncle Zack

Tag Jr from Grandpa and YaYa

Paytee is pooped- Christmas is hard work

We were totally spoiled this year! Lots of yummy food, fun, and time spent with our families.  We know that everything we have is a gift that has been given to us from our savior and lord Jesus Christ and for that we are truly blessed and thankful. I hope you all had as Merry a Christmas as we did!