Christmas

I just thought I would share some of the happy Christmas pictures. These pajamas have been getting plenty of use. The kids love them and even make sure that they are clean. Cody will start a load of laundry just to make sure he has nice jammies to wear.

Laura brought me a Women's Retreat Calendar. How adorable all those babies are. My only problem, it could have had way more pictures. I never tire of looking at baby pictures.

Meleah's big gift was gymnastic stuff. She starts today and the first thing she did was to put on her stuff. (Leotard?) The nice fireplace is from the church's Christmas program. Jeanie gave it to the kids for their fort but they thought they should hang stockings on it or something. It looks somewhat real.

One of my favorite parts of Christmas is taking the kids to shop for each other. They use their own money and many times are very giving. This was Travis' gift to Cody. Perfect as you can see Cody's face. When Meleah was picking something out she kept saying, "Travis is going to give me the biggest hug when he opens this." Then she kept telling the boys, "You are going to love what I got you." She had just picked out stuff from the stocking stuffer isle but she was right. They loved it.

Travis has discovered Erector sets and loved this gift. He misplaced the wrench and for a whole day was stomping around and upset. Finally, he said to me that he was so mad because this gift was so special to him and he didn't want to lose any of it.

Karen and Russell Bell have enjoyed having the kids around and decided that they needed a special Christmas gift. Maybe because Russell has a lot of copper pipe at his house that the kids find and make into guns. Maybe it was to keep the copper from walking off but either way they had a blast with these things. There are big warnings on the package. Do NOT shoot into mouth! Do Not Eat after shooting! Do Not Shoot Into the Eye.


Marshmellow guns. Small ammo kind.

We now have "ammo" all around our house. It quickly became an outdoor activity and I am just thankful we won't be here at this rental house when all the snow melts and there are sticky, marshmellows everywhere.

This rental house has glitter walls. They sparkle nice in the picture. I wouldn't suggest using it. In the daytime you see all the dirt and dust on them. Plus they are rough and a flat finish so you can't really clean them without taking it all off. But it is pretty at night.

I am sad that Bob took the pictures. We didn't get any of him. We did enjoy our time with family and most of Christ's birth and His love for us.