Merry Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas! I think this will be the only time Logan will cry when he has to only go to 70 minutes of church instead of three hours and be so ecstatic to get underwear in his stocking!
The kids were a lot of fun this year. They enjoyed being my little elves and delivering our soda pop and popcorn to our neighbors and friends. (The tag read: "pop, pop, fizz, fizz, what great family you is!) It was fun to see them be so excited to give others something, even if it was such a simple thing. Putting together a Christmas puzzle

Decorating cookies for Santa

(Santa loves red cookies)

Adam SO HAPPY he got the angry birds game.

Logan was so to watch this year. He loved opening the gifts and a little sad when we ran out of presents to open.

Sporting his new "underpants" as he calls them.

Jenna in her new Christmas dress from Grammy. She would not put the pony down! (Her favorite gift.)

We love this time of year and the increased chance we have to teach our children about the birth of our Savior. We had been so blessed and have had tender mercies placed upon us these last few weeks. We are so grateful for the love of others who bless our lives.

Christmas Traditions

A couple of years ago, we gave the kids ornaments of their own and wanted to carry on that tradition every year. This year we decided to give them something they like or are into right now. For Adam, it is Finn McMissile from Cars 2, for Jenna it is ice cream and for Logan it is Mater.

Since Ryan and I have been married we have gotten a real tree with the exception of one or two years. This year we went out and got a tree. We were going to get a small tree this year, but when I read the sign that said, "Any Tree, Any Size, $25" I decided that we should get a bigger tree than what I had in mind. However, it was MUCH bigger when we got it into our home than I had expected, but it is fun. Unfortunately this may be our last year for a real tree...allergies are really starting to take a toll on some members of the family!

And we got to see Santa at Adam's school this year. Logan was not too sure of Santa, until he realized that Santa had candy...then he was ok to walk up to Santa, enough to get his candy.