I love how magical Christmas is with children. 

This Christmas was really fun especially with the age of my children. It was fun to see them light about when we talked about presents and understand so much when we told them about the best present of all, our Savior! 

Christmas prep:

(This picture reminds me of a family favorite Christmas movie "Garfields Christmas")

(..and the tree never lasted long)

decorating cookies with the Eltons and Callie

We lived our Fisher price nativity--thanks A-A

The highlight of the Christmas season was seeing so much family. 

Flying home to oregon was the best! Thanks to my parents for making it so fun!!

and hudson learned to climb---the craziness has just begun

decorating cookies and dancing with cousins

We love Grandmas hot tub!

Christmas Eve/Christmas Day:

Christmas Eve with Bryan's family. 

So many of his siblings (Heidi, Herb,Ashley, Jacob and Tesa along with his parents)were around which made it so fun. We decorated gingerbread houses and performed the nativity. And played lots of fun games

Christmas morning and day was with my family. The kids loved their slippers (the only thing that they wanted! LOVE this age!)

He loved his spiderman costume. it was a spiderman Christmas for this huge fan!

Evelyn and her leap reader

Bryan and his blowdart gun. This guy is truly a kid at heart :) 

2 other medical school wives got their husbands the same ones and now they are constantly at war with each other, trying to get each other back with paint balling their car or their apt door. It's hilarious watching these grown adults, kids all over again

Julia and Austin came from BYUI to spend Christmas with us too!

 I'm so glad they came, it was so much fun!

sporting his spiderman mask on our Christmas walk

highlight was skyping with my missionary sister in Argentina. She looked so happy!