Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas and month leading up to Christmas. We have taken down all our decorations, but I'm still sad to see it go. Here are some of the fun things we did, but not all. We had a busy fun month. We had a secret santa who brought this cool count down Santa and 11 other gifts for the 12 days of Chirstmas. That was really fun. We felt so loved. Thank you!!

Alianna made her dolls and toys stockings while I made Eli his. This one if for bobo the monkey alarm clock. She says he is a silly guy that is why he chose black for his stocking.

Alianna picked out an ornament from her and Eli to me for Christmas. It need a photo and we got this really cute one.

Alianna made chocolates to give to family.

We were blessed to be able to meet my grandparents in LA on their way to a cruise to Hawaii. We had a fun day on a bus tour and spending time with them.

Alianna loved wrapping. She helped wrap a lot of presents, even some of her own that she found.

We saw zoo lights. It was fun; I was really cold.

My family came into town and we had a full house--literally. But it was the most fun ever! Except we missed Daniel, the one brother who didn't make it. I miss them a lot. (yes there are 4 beds across our living room and into the dining room.)

Christmas eve. Grandma Mimi bought the boys matching outfits. They all had fun playing together.

Christmas morning.

Off to church.

Finally opening presents. We waited until after church to open gifts since we had a big breakfast and everyone needed to use our one bathroom to get ready. The gifts had been under the tree for days, and both kids had great self control. They knew they would get the gifts eventually, and waited really really nicely.

I didn't get many photos of playing with the toys. I guess we were all too excited to play to snap photos. The kids loved everything! They love playing with all their new toys.