December Randomness

This is basically a photo dump from the month of December.

Shopping for cold weather gear.

Lo didn't love Santa this year. Ha!

J took his turn being sick and our of school, Lo thoroughly enjoyed all of the cousins getting sick this December!

FaceTime between the sick kid and the little cousin.

The cousins that snuggle together stay together?

This year she was enthralled with the Christmas lights. She would say "Wow!" Anytime she saw them driving around.

Random selfie.

Lo got sick with sinus congestion. Our sweet friends brought her Christmas present by as a little pick me up.

There were many naps in Mama and Daddy's bed that week, a rare treat to cuddle my girl.

She is very in to playing on electronic devices these days.

Selfie with my little.

Days out of school for the girls+end of the year annual leave taken by Pappy=Lo's dream date!

Christmas cutie in pigtails.

Our ward Christmas party. We had an amazing nativity scene that involved Santa kneeling by the manger...I wish I had recorded it.

Matching cousins!

Hammock time!

Lo in her cow ears.

A night with Santa cow at chick-fil-a.

Pajama story time at the library. Our attention span isn't quite there yet!

Christmas Day 2012

After a late night with the family, we didn't take very many pictures on Christmas Day.  We opened presents that morning and then we hosted a Christmas Day brunch for the family.  I think that we may have gone a tad overboard on our brunch spread.  After a huge dinner at Jas and Nell's the night before we just weren't that hungry.  We had a good time hearing about what everyone got from Santa, played outside, watched the Christmas parade and relaxed. 

To: Hubby From: Wifey

My honey sure knows the way to my heart!

Cute girl on her first Christmas morning.

Mimi and Lo getting warmed back up after our time outside.

The food.

Punky playing with one of her new toys.

Christmas Eve 2012

We had the traditional Christmas Eve gathering of the family at Jas and Nell's.  Nell always puts on a good show- great food, games and quality time. Let's start from the end, shall we?  Usually we get home after a holiday and I realize that the Hubs and I have no pictures together.  He typically humors me with one even though at this point in the evening we look exhausted!

The Mr. and Mrs. late Christmas Eve night.

Her future's so bright she's gotta wear shades- part of Lo's stocking loot.

More stocking from Mimi and Pappy

The best Pappy gift of all time- a griddle for his famous shaped pancakes.

The kids gather round "santa's helper"-this year E took a turn handing out gifts.

Me and my best little girlfriend.

Her favorite part of Christmas present opening? The tags, of course!

The grandkids after their annual play.  This years performance featured Nutsy the squirrel as a banker.

Jas, Nell and Roc survey the damage.



Family Christmas

We had Christmas with the Hubs side of the family the weekend before Christmas. We exchanged gifts, had lunch together and visited.

Lo and Grandpa D

Lo charming the grandparents.

A head full of bows, hands full of tags and freshly polished toes...that's our girl!

Family time.

Lo & Santa

Our 'Lil Nugget loved her some Santa Claus.  We were thrilled when we found Santa during a lull and he just let us take our sweet time taking picture after picture.  She even tugged on his beard, that's our girl!

Lo's First Fire Truck Santa

It was late one weeknight in December when I heard firetruck sirens...I knew that could only mean one thing- Santa was on his way!  I was so excited but had literally no time to prepare as the truck was only 2 doors down when I heard the noise.  We ran out in our pajamas to get a glimpse of Old Saint Nick.  Punky was generally unimpressed but it's a tradition that is important to me.