Christmas Time!

Our First Turkey!

Shelby sucked on this candy necklace ALL morning long. She was fine as long as she had the necklace :)

Mike made the girls a tunnel out of boxes. They absolutely LOVED it. It was a mess in the living room for a few days, but worth it :)

Mike made the girls this cute doll house. Thanks to Lisa...we copied yours :)

Shelby's ballerina pose

We bought these reindeer ears the other day, Shelby loves when we put them on her. She chased the girls around...notice the clean stairs? Thank you new vacuum!!

We had the best Christmas yet at our house this year! The girls are old enough to really enjoy and anticipate Christmas time. Lexi carried around this long, skinny gift all week....dying to open it up. The girls asked everyday if they could open just ONE present. The girls were spoiled too much this year. But it was fun having our own traditions, watching Christmas movies, reading from the scriptures, singing, and sleeping in. We really enjoyed it :)

We had Kirk and his family over for Christmas dinner...I cooked my FIRST TURKEY EVER!! it turned out great and was really fun. My Dad said "you can't ruin a turkey" and he is right. It was a little stressful ... but rewarding.

My Dad came and stayed for a few days before Christmas. We enjoyed having him here and spending some time together. He brought us our Christmas gift early...a BIG screen TV!! We were soo excited and very thankful. He makes fun of me for my old tv's in the house...I think he bought it so that next time he comes we'll have a TV for him to watch :) We are watching WAY too much tv now days, I'm hoping it wears off soon. We are really enjoying it, especially my 3yr old. She loves it sooo much that she decided to touch it and smear her pretty lipgloss on the screen. Yes, it finally came off after alot of products...needless to say we'll be mounting it on the wall here shortly!

My Mom and Rob gave us a WII and that is hogging our time as well (we are loving it). Mike kicks my butt in Tennis, so I have an advantage of sneaking in some play time while he is working :) I find glee in kicking his butt in Golf though...so we're equal. Lexi however is awesome on bowling and really enjoys it. It's going to be a fun (and expensive) thing to have in our home!