{12.21.20 - 12.27.20}

I love Christmas, and all the traditions and I love that there is so much family time around this holiday! We had fun decorating our gingerbread house! I think the kids were very happy with how it turned out! 

When I was going through pictures this one made me laugh out loud! What are those faces the girls are making!? Haha!! 

We love that Nana comes and spends Christmas Eve with us! // The boys love their Ninjabread jammies!

He is perfect! // Axel got some new lego kits for Christmas! He did so good putting his t-rex together!

Matthew made these beautiful blocks for the kids this year! 

My mom's family (my aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.) did a 12 days of Christmas for Grandpa this year. We had a chance to make him a treat for one of the days and it was so fun to go up and visit with him for a little while! // "Napping" with Grandpa during Christmas break! 

Cutest little reindeer! 

{12.25.17 - 12.31.17}

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

We had such a good Christmas this year! We spent Christmas Eve with my mom and then we were able to go visit Matthew's family for Christmas day. I love waking up in our own home on Christmas morning, but it was a lot of fun to be with family on Christmas morning. I think my girls really enjoyed having so much attention from so many different people!  

Santa brought Axel his own basketball hoop and it was instantly a big hit...not only with Axel, but with Dad and the sisters, too!  

The girls have been galloping up and down the halls on their stick horses, and Axel, of course wanted to join in, but didn't have his own horse...until now! Nana found him the cutest little stick horse and he loves it! 

I think Papa had a lot of fun shopping for the grandkids this year. I know at least one of the new toys he got them was sitting on a shelf in their house for at least a year! Haha! They loved them and I love that they were toys meant to be kept at Grandma and Papa's house! Haha!  

Jessica bought the girls a cowgirl Barbie complete with her own horse! The girls have been wanting me to buy them a horse similar to this one for the longest time, so when Alya opened up her Barbie and horse she literally screamed! she was so excited! It was so cute! They even fell asleep cuddling them in the truck...doesn't look too comfortable to me, but they did not want to let go of them!  

Matthew and I were able to leave our kids in Idaho for a week after Christmas and we came home to start a huge project!! I am SOOO excited!!!

{12.26.16 - 1.1.17}

I love it when these two get along! This coloring book has been a source of much contention on occasion because it's really hard to share, but when they work things out and work together on their own, without any prompting from their dad or me, it's wonderful! 

The kids in their Christmas jammies. Christmas Eve was a bit of a nightmare at our house for a few reasons that I won't get into. All I will say is that I was SO sad the kids didn't get to open their jammies on Christmas Eve! But when they were finally able to wear them, we had to take a picture! Even though Lyla wasn't really feeling it. 

This boy loves his toes these days!