Christmas Traditions

Every year my mom and I get together to bake Christmas cookies and treats. This year since my sister recently relocated to the area we baked at her house. Heres Huey, Dewey and Louie. Or Noah, Matt and Chris frosting some sugar cookies.Here's my sister rolling lots of peanut butter balls, its so great to have her live close with her kids for the first time ever!
Katie, Kelsey and Grandma. Altogether we made, cookie blosoms, fudge, 7 layer cookies, sugar cookies and we even tired truffles this year.

Every year we get together with our friends the Tippetts to make gingerbread houses. Out of grahram crakers of course. This year our friends the Modliars also came we all had so much fun!

The twins loved decorating their own house this year. All the kids loved eating all the yummy, variety of candy.

Here's the big girls, Bridgette, Kelsey, Sydney and Alohi. They were the last ones decorating, taking their time to make their houses just right. I love our Christmas traditions. Its what makes Christmas special and creates memories.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

What do you want for Christmas?

No matter what Kelsey says she's not too old to sit on Santa's lap, but when asked what she wanted for Christmas all she could say was, "I don't know". (lame)Aubrey was very brave this year and sat right down after watching her big sister sit on a strangers lap dressed in a red suit. She told him she wanted dolly's for Christmas because you can never have enough apparently!
Sydney was a little apprehensive as you can probably tell by the look on her face, but she did it and when asked what she wanted for Chrismt she promptly responded princesses!

I almost missed Noah sitting on Santa's lap he was second in line and was finishing by the time we made it to the room. When Santa asked him what he wanted this year Noah responded, " a good Christmas." How sweet is that? I tell you since he got his tonsils out he's like a different kid...so....sweet!

Tis the Season

Saturday after Noah's Basketball Tournament we went to get our Christmas tree with my mom and sister. We tried a new place this year, we went to Alder Creek where any tree was $15.After helping my mom find a very tall tree and my sister find just the right tree we searched for ours. Noah helped Nate cut it down this year, it was harder than he thought it would be. After we were done we enjoyed free cocoa, candy canes, popcorn and doughnuts!

While the sun was shinning it was very windy and very cold. Soon the twins were popsicles and ready to go sit in the car. But they were excited about finding a tree and had been asking all week when we would get one. Noah and my nephews had such a great time running through the rows of trees we hardly saw them.

Kelsey got braces this week. Her teeth have been hurting and she's adjusting to being the only 6th grader in her whole middle school that has braces. She got red and green and they look adorable!
Once we got the tree the girls couldn't wait to decorate but we waited until the next day. The twins were definetely the most enthusiastic about the decorating. They loved the bows, ornaments, and lights, it was all so exciting!
So Noah keeps putting balls and pillows in his shirt and pretending to be Santa Claus. Walking around the house saying Ho Ho Ho and the girls sit on his lap and tell them what they want for Christmas...its hilarious!

Don't ask me why the kids didn't get in front of the tree to take this picture, at least we got them all together.

I'm trying really hard not to get overwhelmed by Christmas this year and all the extra responsibilities I seem to have. Its been hard because this last week I haven't been feeling very good, but happy moments like these help!