Christmas 2018

 We had such a fun Christmas this year.  The kids are all at such fun ages and it was very magical.  One of my favorite things was that Eloise was missing both of her front teeth.  The second one came out just a few days before Christmas.  I don't know if I can count the number of times that we sang "All I want for Christmas is my two Front Teeth" because it felt pretty constant.  It was so fun.

We had a great time up in Teton Valley for the Daniels Family Christmas Party.  So much yummy food and game playing and laughing.  It was fabulous!

This year I got very carried away with making costumes for the nativity.  I raided my mom's fabric and buttons and other fun decorative pieces and went to town.  The kids were good sports and modeled for me throughout the season, it was adorable because every time the big kids were trying on costumes Everly would come running and want to get dressed up.  She is so darling as Mary.

We spent Christmas Eve with the Daniels family and it was so fun!  Taylin and Teagan got everyone organized and Zac read the nativity.  It was definitely not reverent, but it was memorable.  Quinn loved being in the mix with all the big kids, she is so darling!  Addy was Mary, Tay was a Shepherd, Grayson the sheep, Eloise a Wise woman, Zoey was Mary's sister, Everly a Shepherd and Teagan was Joseph and Samuel the Laminate.  It was fun to see them all dressed up!

Aunt Sheena brought so much fun stuff to make cookies for Santa.  All the kids loved it so much, but Adeline was in absolute heaven the whole time.  She kept wondering if Santa would actually want to eat her cookies and kept hoping that he'd save some for her.  When he came he did eat some but she was very disappointed that he didn't eat them all.  Teagan used about a gallon of frosting on his cookie because he did a murder scene first and then tried to cover it up.  It was pretty funny and had us all laughing.  Eloise took her time and really enjoyed the sprinkles and different colors.

Christmas morning began at about 4:30 am when we woke up to Eloise throwing up into the toilet.  Her making it and not getting the carpet was by far my favorite gift this year.  She didn't feel very good all morning, but the presents were all so fun she couldn't help but get excited.  Teagan was up around 5:30 and waiting until 6 to wake the rest of us up.

They loved their clothes and presents and had so much fun playing all day.  We enjoyed relaxing and enjoying our presents as well.  Everly woke up a little later and loved her new baby doll, but mostly loved trying to steal everyone else's presents.  Especially Teagan's bean bag.  She got stuck in this jeep and we left her there for a bit to slow down the tornado of destruction that she has become.