Christmas Festivities

We went to Harry & David's Christmas Tree lighting celebration, and there the boys got to sit on Santa's lap and have their picture taken with a real reindeer. Ethan was excited to tell Santa exactly what he wanted. (His wish list was exact and never changed for over a month.)

Then we made Gingerbread houses. Ethan loved creating and Liam loved eating. Liam says andy! andy! (Candy). Its cute.

Ethan was so excited for Christmas, and I wasn't sure if he would fall asleep, but he did, and right away. But then in the morning when we woke him (Liam woke up first and was demanding to go down so we woke up Ethan) He was thrilled and anxious! We watched the new lds.org videos about Christ's birth and then went downstairs to enjoy the morning excitement. There was only time to open stockings before we rushed off to Church and then back home again to open presents. He was anxious, but never complained. At 10:30 in the morning as we pulled up after church to go back inside for gifts, we watched one of our neighbors take their tree out to the trash. Remarkable! Gifts open and tree down by 10:30 am!!

John and Ethan at the tree lighting. Very very cold!!

The candy monster, eating candy, that's what he does while we try to make gingerbread houses.

The finished product.

Writing thank-you letters to Santa

Ethan setting the table. Yes folks that would be Ethan's way.

What's not to love about this fish face in woodland creature pjs?

Christmas Eve Jammies.

And Christmas morning. That morning hair is a regular.

This is a picture puzzle I made for my brother's family from photos of their vacation out here. I'm not a very crafty person but I love the way this one turned out.