Christmas 2015

The holiday season came and went rather quickly after our Hawaiian Thanksgiving.  We jumped right into the swing of things.  First event: Gingerbread party!!

 Love spending time with our friends from the old neighborhood.  Loved Jacob's snow/beach house!

Wendy gets more clever every year and her Christmas train was a favorite.

 The Phil Stevens Jazz Band played at our ward Christmas breakfast.  They were a hit!  Phil and Brian were accompanied by a few young men from our ward and the Elder's Quorum President!

 After my preschool program (a relief to have over!) we surprised the boys with tickets to the new Star Wars movie.  It was so exciting for us all!!

 It was fun to have our new additions here for the holiday.  My brother Jeff and his family are here living with us while the await a visa to move to Rome!!  The boys have really enjoyed the girls being here and some extra time with Aunt Kristin and Uncle Jeff.

 We had our traditional Christmas Eve with the Bairds.  We started with the Macy's Candy Windows,

 hit up the fire fountain,

 then on to Temple Square to soak in the beautiful feeling of that place.

 We headed to our house for dinner and the annual puppet nativity.

 The puppeteers.

 And some Hawaiian Christmas carols on the Uke with Uncle Phil.  We enjoyed looking through our Hawaii pictures together.  Wonderful memoires!

 Christmas morning is always so fun!

 Just stay young and excited boys!

 Micah got legos (the last year?)

 Jacob got clothes (now that's a new phase!)

 and Ben got a keyboard and some music software.

 After playing at home, we headed to grandma's house to play with the cousins.

 Talent Show

 Chimes, food and fun together!

 We snuck Brayden and Max home with us.

 Love these boys.

 Before dad headed back to work, we managed to get some new years ice skating in!

 We had to have the Richardsons over for games before school started too!

  Better than a puppy!

Overall the holidays were great.  It is nice to be back into our routines, but fun to look back on great memories!!