{December 2015: Christmas Festivities, Family Visits, Snow, Perform Talents}

Christmas Festivities.  Love Our Kiddos, Christmas Eve Matching Pajamas.  Baby Girl H's {turn} putting the Star, on the top of our Advent Calendar.  Baby Boy D's First Christmas.

 Lovely White Christmas. Our Girls Opening Presents.  Snacks for Santa & Reindeer.

 Our Sweet Kiddos Opening Presents, together.

Special Christmas Breakfast.  Baby D Snuggling with Daddy and Standing Up.

Opening Christmas Presents together, as a Family.

 Nativity Play on Christmas Day.

 Girl Band Practice.  Curling Our Girls' Hair.  Creating Art.  Big Sister R & Little Miss K, Entering & Winning Awards at their School Art Contest.  Little Miss K Singing at her School Christmas Concert.  So Proud of our Kiddos! :)

 Our Kids had So Much Fun; Making a Ginger Bread House and Christmas Sugar Cookies.  Little Miss K did an Amazing job on her talk in Primary {at Church}: "I know that my Redeemer Lives". Her talk that she said was, "President Gordon B. Hinckley shared his testimony: 'Jesus is my friend. He is my exemplar. He is my teacher. He is my healer. He is my leader. He is my Savior and my Redeemer. He is my God and my King. Gratefully, and with love, I bear witness of these things.'  Jesus is my Savior, for He rescues me from me. I'll try to explain just how to you. It's very clear to see. Heavenly Father sent me here, to learn to choose the right. I can't get back to live with him, unless I win the fight. Each day I have to make a choice. Some days I seem to choose the path that's leads away from Christ, and that's the way I lose. But God knew that I'd need some help, so Jesus said he'd come, and be my Savior so I can try to be the best I can become. And when I try to change my ways, a better person be, I can succeed because of Christ, who gave His life for me. I know that Jesus is my Savior, because He died for my sins. I want to do all I can, to follow His example and be worthy to live with Him again, someday. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Baby D Adorably Sleeping.  I LOVE that he sucks his thumb!  It is Super Cute! :)  Our Christmas Cards & Baby Announcements, ready to send out.  

   Mark's brother Glen, his wife Summer, and their 4 kiddos {our nieces & nephews} came to visit us at our place, for a few days.  It was so lovely to spend time with them.  

We had a wonderful time, visiting the Cheney side of the family, up in Washington, a few days after Christmas, through New Years.  We also celebrated Baby Girl H's Birthday, this month, which I will be posting about on my photog blog, very soon.

  

{Nativity and Family Visit: Dec. 2013}

Our darling Baby H, with her sweet cousin L.  My brother Dan and his adorable Baby S.

Our Son E hugging his Cousins N & S.  Our Daughter R being silly with her Cousin L.

 Lollypop Making Fun with Grandma.

Reading Time with Daddy.  Four Sweet, Sleepy Kiddos.

Our Son C Snuggling with Daddy, Sheep and our Daughter K.  Daddy and Baby H.

We re-enacted the Nativity Scene with our Kiddos and their Cousins up in Washington (my side of the Family).  Our daughter R and her Cousin B, and Baby H.

Our Daughter K.  Cousin B, Daughter R and Baby H.

Nativity Scene with the Cousins was such an Amazing time for all of the Kiddos.  Cousin N, Cousin S, and our Son E, with Uncle Tommy.

We loved watching them all perform together.

{Christmas Festivities and Traditions: Dec. 2013}

We loved decorating our Christmas tree together.  We took our tree out of storage, but we left all of our ornaments, stockings, and other decorations in storage.  So we bought some decor, ornaments and stockings at the Dollar Store.

Our family sang {"Silent Night"} together in church yesterday. It went very well. We were so proud of our kiddos! Merry Christmas!!!
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  Our family sang "Silent Night" together in Sacrament Meeting at church during the Christmas season.  It went very well.  We were so proud of our kiddos, who sang out with all their hearts.  That same day, I sang in Relief Society (Women's meeting) at Church a duet, "As Sisters In Zion", with a friend, Whitney.  It was fun.

The kids have enjoyed playing in the snow this Winter Season.  They like building things and having fun with the snow, together.

We enjoyed building and decorating a Ginger Bread House together (tradition). 

  The kids loved finding creative places to put the candy on the Ginger Bread House.

 We went to our Kid's Elementary School Winter Music Concert.  They did an Amazing job on their songs {with their classes}.

We Loved watching them perform with their 3rd and 2nd grades!

 

   Our Baby Loved Being Cozy in Her Stroller, while the other kiddos played in the snow together.

When Mark was on a Scout Campout, the Kids had a Movie Party Night with Mama.  We had a Blast together.  I helped the Kids make an Advent Calendar at Library Story Hour, and we had fun counting down the days with that.  We acted out the Nativity Play together (tradition) and we loved doing that together.

The kids enjoyed playing all of the parts, and we enjoyed singing together, reading out of the Bible, and Remembering the True Meaning of Christmas together.