More Christmas Fun!!!

This should have been posted before Christmas but I started it but didn't get the pictures put with it until just now. Oops.

We have been enjoying having our Daddy home and watching as our kids, especially Caden (he is obviously more excited since he knows what is coming), get more and more excited for the big day to arrive. We carried on with a tradition we have done in my family since I was small, except we made a gingerbread train instead of a house and I didn't spend hours on end putting the little tiny houses together for each child like my Aunt Sue used to do for us, but the kids loved it and they couldn't wait to eat the finished product.

Getting Started

Kamrie took her job of handing Caden the pieces to be put on next very seriously.


After we got over our latest bout with the flu (our second in three weeks, good thing we got the flu shots), we made Christmas cookies. We had a ball and they really turned out great. Of course the kids loved the sprinkles most of all.

Also a new and fun pastime for the two of them is finding random stuff around the house and wrapping it up and then letting Brady and I open it. I think it is adorable but we sure are going through tons of tape.

I hope everyone has a spectacular Christmas.

Mr. HO HO HO

We had our ward party a couple of weeks ago and the kids got to visit with a Special Guest. Caden talked about it all day and Kamrie caught on toward the afternoon. She doesn't really love Santa or anything large in a costume for that matter. She kept repeating, "Caden is going to talk to Santa and I am going to watch." When the time finally came Caden did great and Kamrie did a little better than expected, at least this year there were no tears.

What an Angel

A friend of mine and my new favorite hair girl cut Kamrie's hair today. It was getting pretty straggly but I wasn't sure what to do with it, because it is still so fine. I was so happy to have Jenna work her magic. Kamrie was so good...she didn't move a muscle except when Jenna asked her to, and I love it!!! She did mine too but its been done a thousand times so let's focus on who is really important.

Deck the Halls

We had so much fun decorating our tree this year!!! We were sad that Grandma and Grandpa couldn't stay to do it with us but the kids had a ball. It is great to see the excitement in their eyes when they are doing something they really love! Since we've never really had a tree before we had very few decorations...we decided not to rush out and buy a whole lot because we will be moving in the spring and Brady says that I want a "grandma tree"(one with nice decorations and colors that go together) that is no fun for the kids so we will just have to have two in our next place. I guess next year we will see where our discussion ends up, as for now this is our tree and we love everything about it...the smell, the lights, and the Christmas spirit it brings into our home. I really never knew how much I was missing not putting up our own tree.

MERRY CHRISTMAS