Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Pictures of December

25 days.  That's all we get to pack in all the parties, traditions, worship, and magic of Christmas.  These 25 days always feel like a blur to me... so much to do in not enough time!  Here's a glimpse at our month in pictures.

A miracle happened and we had a spare two minutes before church for a mini photo shoot.  I need to mention that my children's beautiful clothes (from head to toe) were passed down to us from the Magleby family.  They have dressed my children since McKenna's birth.  Their generosity is unbelievable.  Every time we see them, they're giving us boxes of clothes and shoes, toys, food... so much.  We can never re-pay them. They have blessed our life so much.  Thank you Brooke & Brett!

So grown up and so pretty.
 This is her last Christmas in Primary!

Carson's Kindergarten Christmas Party. 
 Ashton went to every station--having the time of his life!

On the last day of school before Christmas vacation, the kids were bursting with Christmas Spirit... so much that Kyler asked to wear an elf hat... very uncharacteristic for his 'cool' persona! 

Carson asked me to paint his shoes black so he looked more like Santa!

9:00 a.m. on the first day of Christmas vacation.  This is my backyard by the way.  We live in the best neighborhood.  This wouldn't be allowed in most subdivisions, but our neighbors are super cool. 

I risked my life to snap this picture with my phone and endured sneers from Santa's elves afterwards!  They aren't too jolly if you don't pay $20 bucks for their photo.  This is also the first time that ALL of my children are in a photo with Santa.  There's usually one child bawling and totally terrified (usually Kyler)--so this was a first!

Letters to Santa--amongst the clothes in Macy's.  

Even with a stupid 5th grade teacher who almost ruined the magic of Christmas, we all still BELIEVE!!

1 comment:

Brooke said...

Twenty bucks for a photo! You were getting a deal! When I was there I swear the cheapest package was thirty dollars! They are such a rip off! At least they were nice to me and let me take some pictures as long as I was behind the fence thing:) I also love the fact we are able to pull our kids on the four wheeler, or ride around. Everyone is so great about it.