Christmas 2010

Just a warning: if you are not family you may get tired of the endless pictures in this post. Sorry! We had so many pictures it was hard to choose just a few; we had so much fun this year!

This picture requires some explanation. My mom had been saying that me and my brother had similar profiles, so we had to get close and examine them. Really, we weren't about to kiss! We had also just gotten back from a run, so I look scroungy. My brother and I both run, we haven't done a race yet together but it is a goal. We got to go on two runs together while he was here.

Hanging out! I love having my brother and his wife here. They live in Tennessee and I only get to see them once a year, so it was very exciting to have them!



Making cookies for Santa, a Christmas Eve tradition. The girls get to decorate two; one to eat and one for Santa.

The girls warmed up quick to Uncle Paul. I was worried about Corrine, she hasn't seen him for a year and that is more than half her life, but she was comfortable quite quick!

Then is was Christmas Eve. That night we opened presents to and from PJ and Jackie, since they were going to her family for Christmas day. That night we also had our nice, big dinner.

Jackie made the girls hats and scarfs, and they looked adorable.

Here am I opening a homemade present from Jackie.

Here are the girls in their Christmas pj's for this year. I bought the shirts and embroidered their initials on them and made the pants out of silky material lined with flannel.


Time to put out the cookies and milk for Santa! Then the girls went to bed and we played games and watched movies.

Christmas morning, we ate breakfast, PJ and Jackie left, then we opened all the rest of the presents.

Here is Michaela with her owl. I made each girl an owl out of my scrap fabric. They didn't cost me anything and they loved them!

Here is Corrine with her owl!

Here is my mom opening a HUGE picture of a cat that Ava made her! Ava made presents for everyone this year, and wrapped them up herself. She worked on this one all afternoon long.

Payden got boots and skis we bought her used online. When she opened the boots, I asked her to try them on because I was worried they would be too small. She tried shoving her foot in them, but couldn't get it in. So I took it from her. It smelled awful! I told her we would wash them. I couldn't get the liner out, so Jason took it from me. He looked inside, and said "There is a dead mouse in there"! No wonder they smelled so bad! Payden started crying (she had just tried to shove her foot in there) and everyone else started laughing and jumping and just making a bunch of noise. It was so funny! Poor Payden. She was still excited about her present after she calmed down.



Does everyone else's house look like this Chrismtas morning?

We also took a trip to the Temple to see the lights, and got a $30 ticket for parking in the wrong place!

Corrine looks so big in this picture!