Christmas!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas!!  Brent's Parents and his brother Brice and his wonderful wife Shauna and my mom came for Christmas this year.  What a wonderful Christmas it was to have the house full of guests.  We had a great time spending time together, one of my favorite memories is when we all acted out the nativity on Christmas eve.  Paige was excited to leave plenty of cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer.

 Kota helping Grandma Nessi Cook the Brussel Sprouts.  Prime Rib was also on the menu and Shrimp cocktail and monkey bread and cinnamon rolls...

 

 This is the cat castle that the girls and I made for the cats post Christmas Gift.

 

 

 Christmas Morning

 

 Skating Christmas day...a lot of work shoveling the ice for Brent and Brice

Charlie's Angels with their nerf guns dad got the girls for Christmas!

Christmas Craze

We have been really busy this holiday season. We had four holiday dance performances this year.  The talent show at church, the holidazzle chili dinner, wyoming retirement center, and big horn federal open house.  Two nights of school Christmas programs.  We have also been making goodies we made kiss cookies and put together cookie plates and delivered those, we got to visit with others.  We went sledding in the backyard today, that was a lot of fun and Cloe and Dakota had fun burying themselves under the snow.  Then we had hot chocolate.  I also had a blast helping Cloe's class for their Christmas party today!  We had our ward Christmas dinner and they played a Christmas video and it was nice. 

The parade at the holidazzle.  There was also, ornament making at the library and hot cocoa stations all along the street and cotton candy and candy canes and cool light glasses at the eye doctor and Santa...  It was just a wonderful night and such a great community feeling!

They got to see Santa at the holidazzle and I can't believe my kids didn't know what they wanted for Christmas, except Kota.  She wants high heeled boots and horse rider moxie doll and two wiggly teeth.  The other day the girls were at a friends when we went to billings for shopping and a water softener.  Her friend accidentally shut the door and hit her lip and she got a little fat lip and.... A wiggly tooth.  She told her teacher, "I have good news and bad news.  The bad news is that I have a fat lip the good news is that I have a wiggly tooth." Too cute.  I just love my kiddos.  Today all three of them worked together and got along and got the dishes done.  Awesome Christmas gift!

Girls at the Christmas program

With their music teacher Mrs. Haller

Wonderful program!!!

Dancing at the nursing home. The girls did a great job and the residents really appreciated it.

Their humming bird concert (2nd night of Christmas Program)!  Love to watch my girls sing and show their stuff! Proud Momma!

Dance and Decorating

 

 The girls helped decorate for Christmas and we listened to Christmas music it was nice. Although I still like the tree halfway symmetrical so I did help with that. :)

We dance for the Church Talent show we didn't win but it was fun and we have a couple other holiday dances planned for this year too which will be fun because we haven't done that before.

We also made gingerbread men the other day that was a lot of fun as well and a Christmas movie with dad and Carmel popcorn.  We've been reading lot's of fun Christmas books!  We are having a great start to 25 days of Christmas!

Annual Tree Cutting

 The kids are getting older and the tree adventure more fun although we are really not ones to stay out long looking for the perfect tree so we get what we get and get out of there.  It was really fun and no one complained and actually I think we got a really nice tree.  Then we ate lunch at bear lodge on top of the mountain what a great day!!!