Christmas 2008!

This year for Christmas my mom came down and we had few busy first days with getting Dallin's Birthday ready and getting all of the Christmas shopping done, but we made it and had a great Christmas with our friends and family. On Christmas Eve night the kids opened their Christmas pajamas from Papa and Meme and they also got to open one new Christmas book each. A new tradition we started this year so we could build up our Christmas books. Then next year we can read Christmas books each night until Christmas. And we put out a cookie, milk, and carrots for Santa and the Reindeer and headed to bed. On Christmas morning we had to wake up the kids when Mema and Uncle Brent got here. It was neat having Nana and Mema with us, because after we opened presents and relaxed a little, Rich and I got to go on a date! We went to the movies and watched Four Christmas, it was fun. When we got home, mom and me (mostly mom) started getting Christmas dinner ready. We invited the Melin's friends from church, Millie a friend and snow bird from NY, Aunt Stacey, Laura and her mother Mary, Uncle Brent and Mema. We had the best dinner and dessert! Our little family has been so blessed this last year and love this time to celebrate our Savior's Birth!

Christmas Eve in their new pjs!

Christmas Morning!

Jillian and Mema!

Jillian showing off some of her new Christmas presents!

Leanne riding her new scooter and it looks like she is about to get hit in the head with an airplane! What a great picture!

Christmas dinner at our house Christmas evening!

Kids before church. This is Dallin's attitude every Sunday! Like father like son!

Mom and the kids!

The Sunday after Christmas right before church!

The kids play in ocean in December!!!!

Dallin the beach bum!

Instead of building a snowman...here in Florida Leanne and Jillie built sand castles!

Mom and the kids walking down the pier at Indian Riverside Park.

Mom with the kids the night before she left we went out to dinner.