This year for Christmas Eve we went to my sister-in-laws house. We had a yummy dinner and then acted out the nativity. My sister-in-law made a bunch of costumes, even for the adults. It was a lot of fun. Camille was Mary.
Jared was Joseph. How precious.
Grandpa was a wiseman.
Hailee was a star.
Traci, me, and Taylor were angels.
And I didn't get pictures of anyone else, but you get the idea. Then after we went to Temple square to see the lights. It was freezing cold, but we had a good time. Mason was a little stinker! He cried in the stroller and cried if we held him, so that wasn't much fun. But we survived and made it home just in time for bed.
Christmas morning we just relaxed and had fun with the kids. They were so fun this year!
Garet and his new bike!
Camille and her new scooter.
After the fun we headed over to my parents house for more fun! We had a brunch and spent the morning with cousins and family. My dear sweet mother made all the girls matching aprons! They are even reversible.
The whole family! It's been awhile since everyone has been here. (I think baby Owen was sleeping)
Then we headed out to our new house because everyone wanted to see it. It is almost done! We are hoping to close next Thursday! Yipee! I'll post a picture soon.
Next up, Taylor family. Jared's family, except for Jason and Melissa, came to our house for dinner. We had a great time enjoying each other. Family is what makes the season so enjoyable! Sadly, I don't have any pictures:( All in all it was a wonderful Christmas. We kept it simple this year and loved it! Since all our stuff is in storage we bought a small 3 foot tree with a few decorations and bought stockings at the dollar store. Camille made some little stars and crafts. We tried to visit an elderly person/persons every Monday night in December and share a Christmas story and then have them tell us about a memorable Christmas they had when they were young. It was a great experience. I think we'll do that again. It helped us remember the true reason for the season.
One last bit of news. Mason is going to get tubes put in his ears in a couple weeks. He got his 5th ear infections in 5 months last week, so I took him to a specialist today. We are so excited to get them done so we don't have to deal with anymore antibiotics and unhappy Mason. Hopefully we can make it through the next couple weeks.
