Post Christmas Activities

We didn't get around to doing our Gingerbread house before Christmas, but I didn't think that the Gingerbread kit would still be good next year, actually it probably would have since you don't really eat it. I guess you do eat some of it, at least the girls did. Well, anyway we finally did the house for FHE and the girls loved it!

And these pictures are one of my fun projects...cleaning out and getting ready to move.

I know it's 5 months away, but that's just how I like to do the whole moving thing. I love getting rid of the stuff we don't use or realize we don't need.

So this is a picture of our little front door area

And this is a picture of our living room.

And soon, within the next 5 months, it will all be organized.

There will be plenty more pictures to come. What can I say? I enjoy it! The feeling of being organized is a feeling of peace and order. Sigh.

Oops....I guess I should have known

Like I said, I should have known.

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that you don't put a glass 9x13 pan/dish in the oven on broil.

It will explode/shatter into a million pieces, oh and makes a horribly loud sound while doing that. And then you say, "What the...?!!!"

The chicken was pretty good though.............

okay just kidding. Had there not been little shards of glass all over the chicken, we probably could have eaten it. I guess that gets chalked up as one of life's little lessons.

Huh.....hopefully it sticks so that I don't absent mindedly do that one again. If I do, I don't think my dear husband will be so nice and clean it up for me again.

Ya, no picture. My stupidity can't be that well documented.

CHRISTMAS MORNING!!!

Having kids at Christmas makes it so much fun!!! It was so fun to see the girls open their presents and then just play with them all day!

I love my little family!

The eve of Christmas

Christmas Eve we delivered cookies to some friends and then took some presents to families from a sub-for-Santa type thing. We had a good time. After that we spent all night together watching movies, playing and then reading the Christmas story and singing Christmas hymns. I love being with family!

Before we went to bed we made sure to leave a plate of cookies for Santa.

I know there's probably 4 too many pictures of us in our nightwear, what can I say, I was proud of it.

We hope you guys all had a good Christmas.

Feeding Aleah Breakfast, by Kanani

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Just another video that I thought the fam would enjoy. Hopefully the floor wasn't too dirty.

Just a few things

Santa came by on the EXTREMELY LOUD fire engine to hand out candy canes.

Holiday baking.

A Christmas Carol

Like a lot of families, we do the pj thing on Christmas Eve. This year we're going for a Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" theme. Last week these night gowns and night caps were my project. Aleah's was the first one I did, so she had to try it on for me several times to make sure it fit and that it was going to look okay. I thought she looked pretty cute, so I continued with the rest. Here are a few pictures of her in her little night gown. You'll see pix of the whole family after Christmas Eve.