Picture A Christmas

When I picture Christmas of 2011, I want to remember a few things...

My cute girls in their darling skirts that my mom made them. I love the hug-turned-choke-hold going on :).

We have given away a plethera of cookies this month. We take our sugar cookies very seriously around here. The kids were frustrated that we kept giving away all of the treats we were making, so I made sure to make our family represented in gingerbread people, for us to eat. I can't believe we'll have 6 people in our family in a couple months. Yikes!! As you can see, Ty and Bryn each decorated their own, Kenny accidentally got decapitated, and the frosting on the word "baby" melted together so you can't really tell what it says. But the cookies were devoured joyfully.


A few things around the house: Our stockings. My mom made mine and Kenny's when we were first married, I've made the kids' stockings, but I'm not sure what we'll do when we need another one next year. I think I"m out of that fabric and she'll be the only one not matching. Oh well, that's a problem for later. The table runner was something my mom and sisters made at girls week this summer which I wasn't able to attend :(. The wooden trees and stable were crafts I did with my sisters-in-law at Bear Lake this past month. "The Mansion" is our Christmas book this year that's been on display all month, we've only read it once. But it is a keeper, Pres. Monson recommends it and reads it each year, so we figured we should get it. The other fabric trees displayed on my quilt rack was a gift from my mom last year (we get a new one each year cuz she's awesome) and I just love it.

Our beloved (and blurry) Christmas tree with beautiful presents underneath that the kids just can't wait to open! Notice how the bottom third of our tree has no ornaments, and the lights hanging off the lower branches too. That's because I have a one year old.

And this is our house. Looks like some of those lights got caught in the rain gutter--guess we'll have to fix that.

We are really loving this Christmas season. The holidays are so much fun and so magical with little kids! I love this time of year!!