Christmas 2011

Our Christmas in Pictures:

The older girls blew out candles on a birthday cake for Jesus...

... while the babies kept the adults entertained with their big smiles.

The Nativity story was read, and the little girls worked on their sticker pictures to follow along.

We were so happy when Joi made it to the end of the festivities, and she opened her Christmas presents with us that night.

We went to church in Providence at my parents ward, and attended what I am sure was the best ward Christmas program EVER!!! Their choir was so talented, and the Spirit so strong. It left me wishing that Christmas was always on Sunday! Could there be any better way to celebrate Christ's birth than by attending church and renewing our covenants there?

After church we all changed back into our pajamas and had our traditional Christmas brunch. Mom had a sock matching game prepared that everyone ended up with new socks from, and then we opened stocking and presents. Good times were had by all. :)

Even though the pictures are all of the little girls, the adults had a great time too. One of my favorite moments was watching Mom and Dad opening their presents from Grandma (a Kindle Fire and an Ipad, respectively) and seeing the looks of shock on their faces... priceless! Even Stella had a great time.

After presents Karl and Liz's family left for SLC and the rest of us vegged in PJ's for the rest of the day. We read. We napped. We played games. We watched movies. We ate lots of yummy food. And both of the girls got to spend some quality time playing with Pop Pop. It was lovely. :)

That night we got to spread a little Christmas Joi...

It was a perfectly lovely way to spend the holidays!

Happy Birthday, Jesus!