It's a Girl Thang!

Tonight we had a really fun FHE. First we went to the mall, and took the kids picture with Santa. Corrine kept grabbing Santa's beard, and I have to say Santa was a little crabby about that, but it was pretty dang cute! I was just surprised that she didn't cry; she doesn't do well with strangers. Then we went and picked out our tree, then went to Craigos for dinner. When we got home, we put up the tree and decorated it. Some of these pictures are dark or yellow; the flash on my camera seems to be going out. I hope my camera isn't pooping out on me; we have only had it for a couple of years! At the mall, I had to take about 6 pictures before my flash finally worked. I was so worried the lady was going to tell me I couldn't take any more before I got a good one. And would it be to much to ask Santa to smile?


Jason in his Craigos shirt!

Payden hanging up her ornament.....

Joyful chaos.............

Ava hanging up her ornament........

And Corrine "hanging" up hers. We call her a "Corrine-amus Grabagus" because she is always grabbing things. You can't hold anything without her reaching for it. Here she is grabbing the tree.

Each child has their own "baby's first Christmas" ornament that they get to hang on the tree each year. We got to get a new one for Corrine this year!




Ahhh, the finished product. When it was all done and the kids in bed, I noticed the tree listing to the front. I fixed it, and noticed that somehow, all the ornaments (and some of them are heavy!) were on the FRONT of the tree with nothing on the back. I evened it out a little to help balance the tree, maybe the kiddos won't notice.:) Before we put the ornaments on after I had put on the lights, Ava came in and with wonder on her face said "Wow! can we turn off the lights and look at it?" Good idea, sweetie. And when we started, I started playing my christmas playlist on the computer to bring in the Christmas mood. Payden says to me "is this blog music?" So funny. I love my children and hope they have good memories of today.