Nieces and Nephews at the musical White Christmas
Crack aka "crafts" (Hannah's word choice) with Uncle James- He taught them how to make an origami Christmas tree.
Kid-ups
One of many Christmas activities--sugar cookies
These really put my other ones to shame. It helps to have several toppings, cookie cutters, and icing. Yes, my mom has a Salt Lake Temple cookie cutter.
Gingerbread cookies and house--each couple decorated a side of the house, which made quite the eclectic cookie house.
Of course, my mom has children's nativity costumes, and I had to show the pull-over donkey.
Family Nativity-new family members are always surprised at how fun it is to play dress up at Mom's house. Dane was an excellent angel, and James was a stunning king.
They all screamed, "Santa!" for the camera.
Annual matching pajamas
Santa came...
and went... but left a little surprise under the tree. Bella boo!
Hannah and Isaac hugging on the hammock. (not staged)
Cute parents and Bella
We also played lots of games at night time with Mom, Dad, Kylene, Matt, and Nat when the kids went to bed; however, Bella decided to stay up with the adults almost every night. Here she is trying to eat our marker for Imaginiff.
Aubrey in mid-popper action. She has streamer hair for the New Year. =)
Happy New Year!
Not all the family was able to stay the whole time, but luckily we had a longer break. It was wonderful! To round off the trip, we had some 2 on 2 time with the parents when they took us to Houston to the airport. We were treated to Dad's favorite, Pappadeaux, and were able to go see the amazing Body Worlds 2. It was incredible and especially fun to have Dad there to explain it all. We're so grateful for the time we were able to spend with our family, and now we just have to survive 5 more months in this icy cold winterland before we can be permanent Texans.
8 comments:
sounds & looks like a very fun christmas! enjoy your last little while in happy valley :) much love!
wow how do those cookies look SOO much better than ours. We just didn't have the right decorations... :) Looks like a great vacation! I love all the pictures. I've also decided that you MUST get into the Bachelor so we can watch it together, or atleast talk about it! Think about it. Talk to you soon!
Your family is way fun!! It was fun to get to know your parents and hang out with them last year!! That little Bella is soooo cute!! Baby hungry yet?? Chris and I went to the Bodies exhibit that was in Vegas a couple years ago. It is really amazing. You guys need to come visit before you head off to Texas permanently.
A real Nativity that is awesome!! Maybe I will have to try that one with my kids and David next year!! What do ya think? :) It is always fun to get to go home and spend time with the family for the holiday's. Was it hard for you to come back? I know it was really hard for me! Now if we can just get through this yucky snow!!!! It was fun to get to see you guys for Thanksgiving and get to know you better! Hopefully we can spend some more time with you guys before you head off to Texas!!!
What a wonderful Christmas. Christmas is all about family and you have a great one. Wish we could have shared in the super time. Love you
It looks like you guys had a lot of fun. James is a really good sport because you could never pay me enough to wear that costume. He was quite stunning though, lol. We need to go out somtime. We live too close to never hang out.
You guys had so much fun! My favorite part are the Christmas cookies. YUMMY. They look amazing!
A couple of things. A) your dad needs to retire and move to San Clemente so everyone will follow B) I have to get a pull over donkey and C) I LOVE your family! But not enough to live in Beaumont :) plus dave cannot live more than 3 miles from the ocean. And no the gulf of mexico doesnt count. I do however want dave to see it in all of its Beaumont-ness. Where in Texas ru moving to?
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