Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas! This has definitely been a Christmas to really remember. Addison is at that age that she is really getting into it and understanding what is going on. Here is a picture of the tree.













Here is a picture of her helping Brett put the star on the tree. She really liked looking at the ornaments and talking about why they are each special and who gave them to us and why.

For Christmas Eve, it was always a tradition in my family to go to a movie. We decided as our family to continue that tradition. We went to Bolt. Addison really liked it and Brett and I thought it was pretty funny. After the movie we drove around and looked at Christmas lights. When we got home, we all got in our PJs and read the story of the birth of Jesus Christ from the Bible. After that, we decided to each open one present. It was really nice to be able to spend this special time together as a family.

We thought Addison would be up fairly early on Christmas day. Luckily she didn't get up until 8:30!! She was a very good girl and came into our room and informed us that it was time to go down to see what Santa brought. When she saw what Santa brought her, she fell down by the couch and made some sort of squealing noise. I am guessing that was her squeal of approval. :)












Here are some pictures of her opening up her presents. Brett and I gave her clothes and shoes because she is growing like a weed. She opened up her new school shirts and said, "More clothes?" I had to laugh. I told her that she is really blessed to have so many clothes and she said, "yes, I am." We had a nice quiet Christmas at home with just the three of us. It was really windy outside and cold, so we didn't try to venture outside. We stayed inside and played with our new presents and watched Kung-Fu Panda and Anastasia.






Here is the picture we take each Christmas with all the presents. Addison had a great day and we had a good time as a family. We were planning on leaving right after we opened presents and drive to Casper to surprise both sets of grandparents, but because the weather was so bad, we decided not to. We ended up getting almost a foot of snow between Christmas night and the day after. At least we were able to be together as a family to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.