Christmas

At the ward Christmas party the primary kids sang a beautiful song they learned called “Can I Hold The Baby?” They did a great job. A special visitor walked in when they finished and Easton got so excited I thought he was going to pass out. Santa came! We waited in line and I had to physically hold William back because he wanted Santa so bad. He kept saying “Santa! It’s Santa!” Easton was so excited to sit on his lap and tell him he wanted a trampoline. Sophie would get close to him but did talk to him. And Lydia wanted nothing to do with him.

Lydia's class had a Winter Breakfast for the kids and families. Grandma and Grandpa Clayton were able to come with us.

It was fun to get to see her at school and the boys enjoyed hanging out in her classroom.
Sophie's class had a Grinch party and they also made winter wonderland scenes with candy.

William was so fun this year always talking about Christmas and how Santa was coming. He hung out with his favorite neighbor Joy and enjoyed her Christmas decorations.

On Christmas Eve we went to Grandma and Grandpa Miller's house. I didn't realize until later I forgot to take pictures! We had our delicious dinner on our china and enjoyed a variety of cheesecakes. Brad and Becca drove all the way down from Washington to be with us and it was so fun to spend time with them! We read Luke 2 and did our white stocking tradition. Later we read Twas the Night Before Christmas and heard jingle bells. When the kids checked the door there were gifts and white footprints! The girls got nail polish and nail stickers, Easton got a remote control helicopter ball, and William got the Cootie Bug game. Thank you Santa! (Ahem Grandma and Grandpa Miller)

On Christmas morning Grandma and Grandpa Clayton joined us to open gifts.

Santa brought the kids a trampoline! Which their reaction was quite disappointing considering "The Santas" stayed up until 12:30 setting it up in the dark. But once they got on it we couldn't get them off! They have lived on it ever since.

Grandma and Grandpa Clayton got the kids a basketball hoop! We found them all basketballs in their favorite color and have enjoyed shooting hoops.

Chad was able to take a couple of days off the week after Christmas. Brad's family got the flu and so we didn't get to hang out with them as much as we would of liked, but we did have a girls day and a guys night. The girls went shopping at the mall and we went out to lunch and the boys later went and played at Top Golf. We took the kids on a hike Saturday after Christmas. We enjoyed Giant cinnamon rolls before heading out.

We hiked Miller's creek which isn't too far from our house. The kids were excited the hike started out with cows!

We hiked about 3 miles total and enjoyed climbing rocks and finding walking sticks.

We had a family game night planned for new years eve but alas the flu hit the Hawk so we had to cancel. So we celebrated new years Brazil time and out the kiddos to bed just after 7 pm. Happy New Year!