What a Merry Christmas we had this month!
The fun began early in the month, when Katelee was able to get her cast removed - yay!
It continued with lots of Christmas projects! Blake LOVED 'helping' with anything involving power tools. Or paint. :)
With the cold weather, we enjoyed hot cocoa with friends!
And of course, we had to do plenty of Christmas baking! What can be more merry than that, especially when this cutie also loves to 'help' with baking too!
The Many Faces of Blake
The weekend before Christmas we went to Mesquite for a family Christmas party!
We had a great day, full of Christmas crafts for the girls, golfing for the guys, a delicious Christmas dinner, a nativity acted out by the kids, lots of presents, a JustDance competition, and so much more! It was a really fun day!
Here is my little shepherd!
And my angel girl!
New Christmas clothes for Sunday!
Blake doesn't like holding still for pictures, but he sure knows how to ham it up for the camera! ;)
This girl is getting so grown up and gorgeous!
And Blake learned his first Christmas songs! Even though he doesn't know how to say all the words yet, he is a great at the "hey!" part! So stinkin' adorable!!
Christmas Eve, we had some family over at our home for a nice dinner and a Christmas Eve program. Later, we opened our new Christmas jammies.
Santa's main gift this year was a Wii and a new TV for the family, but he also brought a few other fun things.
This Barbie house was actually a gift from Gerald and I. We built this together from an old bookcase we had in the garage, and it was so much fun to have a project to work on together every night! We had a great time creating this, and Katelee loved it.
Opening presents!
The day after Christmas we spent with the Reynolds family! We had fun visiting and playing games at the Willdens, going out to eat for pizza, and bowling! That night, we had all the girl cousins over for a fun sleepover. It was so fun to see everyone!
Finally, the weekend following Christmas we spent at the Anderson/Rowe family reunion! We had so much fun! The reunion started off with swimming at Downata Hot Springs. I've never been swimming outside in the dead of winter before - it was very funny to see the bundled up lifeguards sitting on the side - ha ha! We all had a wonderful time swimming!
Following swimming, we met at a church for dinner, and a gift exchange game. The kids had so much fun running around with all the cousins. We LOVE this family and feel so blessed to be a part of it!
The year ended with a New Year's Eve Party spent at home as a family, playing board games, eating snacks, and watching a movie.
What a very Merry Christmas and holiday season we had!
