Merry Christmas!

What a great Christmas we had this year! This was the first year Emma really knew what it was all about. YES....we do Santa, but we also celebrate "Jesus's Birthday" as well. I put this in quotes because Emma knew all about this! She told me, "I learned it at Sunday School." Love that she can tell me these things. Kaylee is just as cute...she takes her cues from her sister and repeats everything she says.

So here is this year's Santa picture. No one crying, but look how serious they all look. Josh ended up in the pic because Mallory was not having anything to do with Santa! I also love how Kaylee is sitting next to him, but looks like she is leaning away from him! HA! Emma was the only one who actually said anything to Santa. She asked for princess panties (seriously!) and a princess castle. I had to talk to her about adding the castle...all she wanted was the panties every time I asked her before, but I kept prompting her...."wouldn't a princess castle be neat?" so underwear wasn't the ONLY thing on her list! Silly girl!

We started our Christmas happenings on Christmas Eve with Church. Emma and Kaylee's class sang with the rest of the kiddos Jingle Bells and Silent Night. It was so cute to see them both up there. Emma hated it...but she was so brave. You could see on her face how scared she was. She held herself together through the first song, but by the second song she was crying and the teacher had to hold her the rest of the time. I asked her later about it and she said, "that was scary, Emma did not like it!" I told her that she was so brave! Kaylee did great! We will see how next year is when she is older.

We got home and had some white chili and opened one gift. Jeremy, Laurie, Hope, Jamie and Essence all celebrated with us this year. They all came over on Christmas Eve and stayed the night. After our one gift and after the kiddos were in bed the adults had game night! Checking out what Santa brought. Princess panties and a princess castle for Emma.

Car thingy for Kaylee with some Dora panties.

Rock and Roll Elmo and some instruments for Mallory.

Fun times opening gifts and spending time together!

A few days after Christmas we headed to the Mountains to Nana and Grandpa's house. We celebrated with them and then headed to Steamboat to celebrate and hang out with my family for several days.

On our way to Steamboat we stopped for some lunch with some yummy ice cream for dessert. I think this is only their second ice cream cone ever.

The weather has been so nice there wasn't a ton of snow, which is weird for this time of year in Steamboat. BUT--enough that we played in the snow and we brought the snowmobile to enjoy. the cabin is on 40 acres, so there was plenty of room to play.

The girl winding down each night with a video on the computer before bed.

What a wonderful Christmas we had! We loved being able to spend so much time with all the people that we love the most! Below is a video of a bunch more pics from our Christmas. It is like 5 minutes...so just warning you!