Christmas Festivities

This is what happens when you get a bloody nose while sucking a binky.  Blood beard.

Christmas Eve celebrations!  Maddie is enjoying some Christmas Eve slush and these advent calendars Nana sent from Germany are the coolest things I've ever seen.

Traditional clam chowder and singing Happy Birthday to Jesus with birthday cake.

 Christmas Morning!

I can totally relate.  That special moment, the first time you meet your baby.

Santa knew exactly what these kids would like!

Opening his Home Depot tool box

JOY!

 Benj's favorite gifts were his remote control car and shake n' go race track.  Maddie mostly loves her little dog that walks and her Little People roller coaster.

Christmas breakfast at the Tate's was super delicious and we had so much fun being with the cousins!  Thank you Grandma for our new jammies and darling photo picture book with our family as the main characters!  We love it!

Christmas dinner and gift exchange at our house.  Party party party!  Our gift givers were so generous!  We are spoiled!

Big news!  Benjamin went to his first movie in a theater.  Have you seen Frozen yet?  If you haven't, you are missing out!  I totally loved it and Benjamin sat mesmerized the entire time.   I spy Bryce and the Wilsons in this low quality photo.

Today we went on a hike up Big Cottonwood Canyon; a place called Willowcreek Conservation Area.  Very beautiful.

so. many. trees.

Tonight Jesse and I got to go on a little date night.  We played raquetball at the rec center, like we used to do while we were dating.  Brought back some fun memories and had a really fun time.  Jesse even let me win one of the games.