Christmas 2013

Christmas gets a little more fun with each kid...their excitement and love for Christmas and it's magic is contagious!

Kinzie with Santa at The Riverwoods in Provo!

Kinzie with Santa at the Arbon Christmas Party! She visited the Santa in our mall lots of times but we didn't get a decent picture of that one. She always asked him for My Little Pony's and a doll. Santa always thought she was asking for a pony though:)

The Mall Santa! Cayden was not a fan....

Wrapping presents while the kiddos are awake is more work than it's worth! They love making a mess...but at least it kept him entertained and distracted from the paper I was wrapping with (he likes to play/rip my wrapping paper).

Grandma Sheri bought her Dora wrapping paper and said it was to wrap her present in. Every time Grandma talked to her she'd ask "have you wrapped my present in Dora paper yet?" and Kinz would reply, "not yet!!". Finally she did it, so we took a pic to send to grandma:)

 For Christmas Eve this year we went to Sizzler for dinner with my family! Then we spent the night at my parent's home and celebrated Christmas out there because my brother Challis (on his mission in Ireland) skyped us at 9 am on Christmas Day and we wanted to see him!! 

It was a long night. Kinzie was super excited and had a hard time going to sleep. Cayden didn't sleep very well. And my dad's furnace quit working during the night...so it was a bit cold. But Christmas morning soon came, and when we went out to the living room, we found what Santa left us!

It was a full house! 10 people total! We were just missing Challis! It was nice to be there altogether!

We were super duper blessed and spoiled this year! This year Santa brought Richard some binoculars, me a Hot Cocoa Maker, Kinzie a Doll House, and Cayden an Alphabet Riding Train! My mom also spoiled us...along with some new fun clothes, she got Richard a hunting knife, me a scentsy candle, Kinzie a kid's IPAD, and Cayden his own cell phone! Pretty sure my kids are now more technologically advanced than I am! hehe

Kinzie playing with her Doll House!

It's bigger/taller than she is!

Kinzie's Ipad and Cayden's cell phone:)

 Also, we received a little miracle this year! One night, there were 2 gifts on our doorstep for Kinzie! One was this cute little mixer with a cookie sheet and cookie cutters...she loves making cookies out of play-doh! One of her favorite gifts for sure!! She is such a "little mommy" and always wants to be doing what I'm doing, so this was perfect for her:)

The other present almost made me cry when she opened it. The last 2 years I have gotten her a doll for Christmas, and this year she was getting a doll house so it would make perfect sense to get her a doll...right?!? But for some reason, I didn't. I just couldn't find the right one. I'd look at the stores I went to, but none ever stuck out to me. I felt really bad I wasn't getting her a doll, but told myself that she had others she could play with in her doll house, and that I had already bought her enough Christmas gifts. So on Christmas morning when she opened a cute baby doll from our Secret Santa...I was speechless! I looked at Richard and simply said "WOW!"  I stressed so much over not getting her one, so I was so grateful to see her open that sweet gift! So to whomever our Secret Santa may be, I would like to say THANK YOU!! We are so grateful and so appreciative of your kindness and generosity:) 

It was definitely a Christmas to Remember Forever!!