Our Christmas! 2012

We had a wonderful Christmas! It took place over a series of 3 days!

The first day was on the 23rd, Christmas Adam! You know because Adam game before Eve! I got that saying from my singles ward I went to. That was what they called our Christmas party and we had it on the 23rd. 

Anyhoo, we started our Christmas with my family that night at my sister, Marion's house!

This was the goodies table!

I made some cupcakes and some sugar cookies!

I also did the Oreo pops again!

Here is my Daddy!

Uncle Ernie!

Ian, Marion, Brent and Grandma, Marion!

It was so nice to have our Uncle, Brent there and Grandma Marion. My sister was named after my Grandma.

My nice, Angie and part of her little fam, Kody and Rae! Ian is also hers.

My other nice, Tara and her little fam, Nate and Katelyn!

Marion and my little Ashy!

So cute!

My bro, Robert!

My nephew, Kody!

Aaron and Melissa were there of course!

My Uncle, Ruel!

I love that Ayla loves to play with Ashlyn!

Cute girl!

Uncle Brent entertained everyone while we were waiting for the food to be done!

He was doing magic tricks!

He loves to do this kind of thing. He also juggles. It has been fun to have him in the family, being able to go see him perform his juggling act. He even juggles flames!

After we ate a yummy turkey dinner we opened presents!

Here is Marion giving Grandma hers!

I love how my Grandma is looking at my sister in this picture! They were having a tender moment.

The 2 Marions!

Kurt with Ashy!

She looks so mad! LOL!!

Ayla opening one of gifts she got! It was from my Brother, Robert's family.

Lane holding up the CD we got him!

Ashlyn with her baby, Ernie that Marion and Monty got her! It is a really cute toy! You push his nose and he sneezes because he has a cold.  

"Hi Sweetie!"

I like that Aaron and Melissa were holding hands!

Ayla got this saxophone from Marion and Monty! LOL!

She kept Rockin out!

LOL!

My silly girl!

One last picture of me and my siblings with our uncle Brent and Grandma, right before they left!

We had a great time with my side of the family that night.

Now onto Christmas Eve!

We stayed home all day and relaxed! 

I made my first turkey!

I was so proud of myself! I don't know why I was so intimidated!

I made the whole dinner and it was yummy!

Ayla with her dinner!

See how she is still in her Pj's? Like I said we relaxed all day!

Ashy with her dinner! It is nothing much!

She had us cracking up while she played with this lid!

So cute!

I love the onesie she is wearing. It says," All Mommy wants is a Silent Night." Kurt's Mom bought her it. She also bought one that says, "Who needs Santa, when I have Grandma." Such cute onesies! We enjoyed them and are still enjoying them!

After dinner we let the kids open their presents from us!

Ashlyn didn't quite get it, she would take too long, so Ayla opened her presents too. Ayla didn't mind that at all!

I started the tradition of giving my kids Pj's on Christmas Eve! Here they are in their new Pj's!

I love the way Ashlyn is looking at Ayla in this picture! I also love that Ayla is wearing some of her dress up shoes!

My little Blue Eyed Sweetie!

We had a hard time getting Ayla to bed because she was too excited! She knew Santa was coming!

And he did!

Which brings me to Christmas day!

Ayla got the doll she had asked Santa for, "Baby Wanna Walk!"

I love that when Ayla was opening her presents from Santa she grabbed her biggest one and said, with excitement, "I think this is Baby Wanna Walk!" She could barely contain herself! She couldn't get the paper off fast enough! And when she saw that it was Baby Wanna Walk she yelled, "It is Baby Wanna Walk!" It was a moment I will never forget!

It is cute because the doll can tell when you are helping her walk.

Ayla played with her for a long time! I went in to check on her at one moment and she made me laugh because she said, "Mom how do you turn her off? I don't know how and she is exhausting me." LOL!! She thought she had to keep doing everything the doll was saying. Welcome to being a Mommy, Ayla!

Ashlyn really liked her bike she got from Santa!

I love this picture!

Kurt and Ashlyn!

We were laughing because she was giving the mad look again! LOL!!

That night we spent it with Kurt's side of the family!

Here is Suz and I wearing the new outfits that Kurt's Mom bought us for Christmas! She wanted us to have something nice to wear to the party and to wear other places. She took me to Dillards about a week and a half before Christmas and let me pick something out. It was so nice of her and I felt so loved! I then hand to go buy the boots so I would have some nice shoes to wear with it. I so love my outfit! It makes me feel like a million bucks! I so loved Suz's outfit too!

Little Kurt, Brooke and Ayla had to get into the picture!

And then Morganne!

We ate dinner and then opened presents!

Morganne goofing off!

Ashlyn with her Uncle, Chris! These two have a bond because of the St. George trip we took this past July together!

We had good time with Kurt's family on Christmas! I need to thank my Mother-in-law for getting the Lion House Rolls again for me. She makes me feel so loved when she does that. I love Lion House Rolls!

Now I just want to share a few things of what Kurt's parents got the girls.

I love this dress they got Ashlyn!

They got Ayla and Ashlyn matching church coats! Ayla in hers!

Ashlyn in hers!

The two of them together!

I should take a picture of the backs of them. They have ruffles with a bow at the top of the ruffles, on them. They are just darling on my girls! 

They also got Ashlyn the Fisher Price Cruise and Groove Ballapalooza! This picture was taken the day after Christmas, after I put it together. The girls love to play with it every day. I knew it would be a fun toy. I had been eyeing it during the Christmas season and I didn't buy it because I was already done buying my girls gifts. Kurt's Mom got it though and it really topped off my Christmas for me! I knew my kids would love it! Thanks Carol Anne! I love you!

We really had a great Christmas!

I just can't believe it came and went so fast! I also can't believe it has taken me this long to post this!

Zoolights!

We did the our Christmas tradition of cookies, hot chocolate and lights! We went to the Zoolights again this year! We went the Friday before Christmas. We decided to do the lights first this time and the cookies and hot chocolate second. Everyone that came were; me and my kids, my sister, Marion, Lane, Brooke, Suz and Little Kurt.

This was Ashlyn first time for the tradition! I totally scored on her snow suite and Ayla's snow pants this year! I got them both at the D.I. for a total of $15 dollars, total together and they had never been warn! Not to mention they are Carter. I am so grateful that I got them because that night we went was extremely cold!

We got to see a couple of Santa's reindeer. I think this one was Vixen!

Look at those blue eyes!

And these ones too!

You can kind of see Blitzen in the background.

Now you can really see him!

Lane Brain came with us of course!

Brooke, Ayla and Lane with the gingerbread house!

Because we did the lights first, we were able to visit Santa. This was the first time we have been able to see Santa at the Zoolights because we usually get there later and he is already closed.

I thought it was cute how the kids could write Santa while waiting in line.

Ayla ran out of time and so I hurried and wrote what she wanted for Christmas for her. It says, "Baby Wanna Walk."

I love how it says, "Santa Claus The North Pole!"

Here is Little Kurt getting ready to sit on Santa's lap!

And here he is with Santa and Mrs. Claus!
I loved that Mrs. Santa was there too!

Then Ayla joined them!

Then Lane and Brooke!

We were sad that Morganne couldn't come. She was home sick with her Mommy. :(

I am glad Little Kurt got to join us though!

I had to take a picture of just them! Aren't they so adorable?!

I am telling you it was COLD!!! Don't you love how Marion wore her blanket as a skirt over her pants! LOL!

I had to take a picture of this beautiful Ice Sculpture of a swan!

"Come on Kurt!"

I thought this was such a cute picture!

I was so thankful that Ashlyn fell asleep! 

That is why she was not in the picture with Santa. I was so worried about her being cold.  I wish I would have left her home with Kurt because I was so worried about her. She slept most of the time and towards the end you could tell she was getting cold because she started to cry.

Here we are looking at the Eagles!

The bridge tunnel was definitely my favorite part!

It looked awesome!

We went into the reptile building to warm up! Marion held Ashlyn while she slept! Thanks Marion!

Brooke whistleling!

Ayla and Kurt!

Not quite sure what Kurt's foot is doing?! LOL!!!

I loved that they had the Lion Monkeys in there!

Close up!

Marion was so awesome, she sat with Ashlyn while we all went on the carousal so Ashlyn would be warm. This gave me great comfort!

Suz and Ayla!

Little Kurt!

Lane!

I did get a picture of Brooke but it was too blurry. :(

After the carousal, I went back to get Marion and Ashlyn.

It was so funny when I put Ashlyn back into her stroller! LOL!! She was so out!

We had a good time!

But, I think we will go back to doing the cookies and hot chocolate thing before because when we were done with the Zoo, we were all pretty tired and not all of us went back to my house for cookies and hot chocolate. I  also think if it is that cold again I might just leave Ashlyn home until she is older or we might just have to do the driving around thing and look at houses and streets lit up like we have done in the pass. 

We still had a good time together. It is always so nice to spend time with family.