Christmas Eve

This year I spend Christmas with Emily's family and Dad and Mom in Carson City. Emily and Russ went all out to make the holiday fabulous. My favorite part of the holidays are spending time with family and traditions. For Christmas Eve we had appetizers including a fancy fondue.

Emily making Spritz Cookies for Santa and the chocolate fondue. Parker loves helping Emily in the kitchen. What a cute Mom!
After dinner Parker and Hannah opened one gift...PJ's. They were so cute and excited to open a present. They loved their PJ's. Parker also got some new car slippers that he wore faithfully!
After the kids got all snugly in their PJs we went and looked at Christmas lights. We found some pretty fancy lights. At one house in was a Christmas Extravaganza, you pulled up and tuned into a certain radio station which corresponded with a spectacular light show and movie presentation.
Russ read the Christmas story from the Bible and then the kids put cookies out for Santa!
Hannah has quite a sweet tooth, it was hilarious because Parker was serious about Santa getting his cookies and Hannah snagged one as soon as Parker walked away. A girl after my own heart :)

After the kids went to bed we had a yummy chocolate fondue.

White Christmas

We woke up to a White Christmas! It was so beautiful. It was so much fun to see Parker and Hannah's excitement on Christmas morning to see what Santa had brought them. This picture of Hannah by the Christmas tree is one of my favorite pictures...she is adorable.

Oh I forgot to mention that we woke up to Emily's homemade cinnamon rolls, which were delish!

Emily was very sweet and not only did stockings for her family but also for Dad, Mom, and I. Thanks Em!!!! One of my favorite parts of Christmas morning when I was younger was opening the presents out of my stocking.
After stockings we opened presents. It was so much fun to see the kids so excited with each gift that they opened. The adults had fun opening presents also!

Dad sang "Oh Holy Night!" I got teary as usual!!!

It was so relaxing to hear Emily play Christmas songs!

It was a very Merry Christmas.

Snow Day

The day after Christmas we got up and built a snowman. Parker had fun playing in the snow and eating a little also. The finished product (Mom was a little nervous about being out in the snow but adjusted fast)!

Hannah making friends with the snowman!

Lucy hanging out in the snow!
Mom and Parker sure had fun with the dogs. Lily and Lucy kinda got along and had fun chasing each other. We took a walk in the snow. I thought Parker was adorable walking Lily!

Christmas Weekend

What a cute couple Em and Russ are!

We had so much fun playing games. We played two nights in a row. It was fun to see Mom and Dad's "game personalities" they were hilarious. We all laughed and had a good time. A few times we laughed so hard a few of us almost wet our pants.

We were eating breakfast one morning and after Hannah was pretty much done with her cereal, she pulled this maneuver. She is so little and it totally cracked me up. It is just her normal routine, she eats her cereal and then drinks her milk. She is an expert at it.

How cute is she???? Emily dressed her so cute and did her hair in a fancy different style every day. She is quite the fashion baby! Hannah is very cuddly, which I loved. Mom had the magic touch, and rocked her to sleep at night.

Parker is soooooo good, sweet and snugly. I gave him so many hugs. He loves playing with his trains.

It was really hard to say goodbye. I wanted to pack Hannah and Parker in my suitcase and take them home with me!

What a cute Mom and Dad!

Emily and Russ' tree was so pretty. I couldn't believe how big it was. It was so festive at their house. I had so much fun with everyone. Thanks Emily and Russ for such a fun Christmas!

Holidays

I was planning to do something festive to celebrate the holiday with Steve and Jaime's family before I left for Emily's house. Unfortunately they all got sick, I felt so bad for them. It stinks to be sick any time but especially around the holidays. I was glad that I at least got to drop by and say Merry Christmas and give the kids their presents. Gracie, Ethan, and Elsa are so sweet, I love each of their individual personalities. Jaime decorated the house so cute for the holidays. We decided to plan something fun after Christmas....I can't wait. I miss you Gracie, Ethan, and Elsa!Adorable!!!!!!

I am Thankfull...

Dad teaching Steve how to carve the turkey!

Mom and Jaime cooked all morning and made a delicious Thanksgiving meal. I am thankful for my family!

Sweet Gracie enjoying Thanksgiving dinner!

It was so nice to spend time together as a family. It was especially fun having my Mom and Dad visit from California. The only thing missing was Alli, Becky, and Em and their families. I feel so blessed to be a part of such a close, supportive, and loving family.