Merry Christmas

Every year we take a picture in front of the Christmas Tree, and I print it and put it in a small frame on the Christmas Tree. Those are my favorite ornaments to hang the following year to see how the kids have grown. These are a few pictures we took and Tanner got his new church pants and shirt for the occasion as well. I told him he looked GQ and he said "what does that mean?" I told him it means he looks good, and he smiled big. Brylee is talking and making us laught every day with the new things she is saying. If someone burps, or even if their stomach growls she is sure to say "Cuse yu." She is so much fun and I can't believe she will soon be two.

Family Traditions?!?

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends. Okay, here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be a SCROOGE!!! Just copy this entire blog post and paste into your blog post. Change all the answers so that they apply to you.

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial
3. When do you put up the tree? The last week in November
4. When do you take the tree down? The first week in January
5. Do you like eggnog? Kindof, only about 1 cup at a time on occasion is all.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Dolls of course, so glad Brylee loves her babies.
7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes favorite decoration.
8. Hardest person to buy for? Jason
9. Easiest person to buy for? My kiddo's
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I am a slacker, I don't maybe I will email one tis year.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? can't think of anything, I am grateful for whatever has been given.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Polar Express, hope I don't get sick of it Tanner loves to watch it daily.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? October or all year when I find something on sale & the kids don't get it for their birthday.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? I plead the 5th!!
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Chocolate Covered Pretzels
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear
17. Favorite Christmas song? Mary did you know
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Jason's parents in the morning, My Parents in the afternoon if you call that travelling, one year it would be nice to hang out at home all day and not go anywere, but love hangin out with family, so that won't happen.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Of Course, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Ruldolph.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? open 1 on Christmas Eve and all the others Christmas morning.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? We do a picture in front of the tree every year and I put it in a little frame and we hang it on the tree, so we have 6 this year and will be adding our 7th when we get it done. Otherwise just misc stuff. I like angels, berries, & stars.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Breakfast casserole & pancakes at Jason's parents in the morning & Turkey dinner at my parents with all the trimmings and also more desserts then you can imagine.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? The Book "If the Savior Stood Beside Me." That is the one thing I can think of right now, I would say a fence, but that will come in the spring I hope!!