The kids and their Tent

 I made the kids a tent from a painters drop cloth and some wooden rods.  They absolutley love it!  Every night that's not a "School Night" they sleep in the tent.  They also love to watch movies in there.  I am looking forward to summer when the tent can go outside.

Let it Snow!

We had been hoping for a White Christmas and it came just in time.  This kids had a lot of fun playing in the snow.

 Daddy built a fun snow tunnel

 Too bad Uncle Clark was too big for the tunnel and got stuck!  This kids thought this was great :)

 I have no words, face first in the snow by choice

Thanks to Uncle Clark for building such a great Snow Man

Christmas Day 2012

Waiting on the Stairs so patiently :)

Finally time to see what Santa brought

Monster Jammies and a microphone, he looks impress right?

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve 2012

Every Christmas Eve the children and sometimes Mom and Dad get new pajamas.  This year I made matching pajamas for everyone including Uncle Clark who joined us for Christmas this year.  The kids were super excited and Jacob was beside himself with excitement because his best buddy Uncle Clark had matching pajamas with him!

 We also open all presents from my side of the Family Christmas Eve just to kind of break it up so the kids don't get overwhelmed with too much Christmas Day.  This year Grammy made the kids bean bags.  They turned out so cute.  The kids love them. 

 We also skyped with my family Christmas Eve.  It's usually so chaotic when we skype with everyone talking at once and Christmas Eve was no exception. But it was still nice.

Cookie Party

Cookie Party

I love love love sugar cookies at Christmas Time.  I always make too many and end up frosting them all myself.  So this year I decided to have a cookie party for the neighborhood children and also for the missionaries in our ward.

 I had about 10 kids come to the party.  It was a lot of work but also a lot of fun.  Plus it really helped me get the house completely ready for Christmas.

 I made hot chocolate for our little cookie decorators and had Polar Express playing for those less interested in the decorating part.  Jacob was all about eating just the cookie, no frosting.