'Christmas is the spirit of giving without the thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.' ~Pres. Thomas S. Monson
I am so thankful for the Christmas season and the spirit of love and family that is present. We were blessed to be surrounded by our extended family this Christmas. Mallory flew in from New York with her friend Rafael. Nana, Papa and Kenzie also came to visit. The little kiddos were in heaven having so many people to love and play with.
I was scheduled to work on Christmas eve this year. When I arrived home from work I was lucky enough to get the first peek at what Santa Claus had brought for us.
I was pretty sure that the kiddo's would be thrilled. And they most definitely were. I love watching their faces light up as they enter the room and see what is waiting there for them. Their little faces are so expressive and show very clearly how they are feeling.
Of course Santa left some My Little Pony treasures for these cute ladies.
He also knew that Miss Sadie wanted a toy bird,
and Mya wanted the newest My Little Pony, Princess Sterling.
He also surprised them with a bow and arrow and crossbow to practice their archery.
Little Mister Hayze woke up a little later than everyone else so we all got to share in his excitement as he discovered the new friend that Santa had left him. If there was any worry about him being afraid of his new pal, it was quickly put to rest. He immediately climbed in his lap, hugged him and then started using his little Mickey to give big Mickey kisses.
He also got his very own wheeler.
This little man was in his happy place with his wheeler and his Mickey.
Aunt Kenzie got a pretty fantastic surprise when she discovered that she was going to have one of her fan girl dreams come true, One Direction Tickets.
Mal and Raf.
I love every single minute that I get to spend with Mal. She is just lovely in every way and it seems that our minutes are far to few these days. But I'm so glad that during her break from grad school in the big apple she was able to come and visit. We were also lucky enough to meet her friend Raf. He was so polite, he called me ma'am, which kind of messed with my mind a little bit. Ha ha. The kids loved him and he went cow elk hunting with Cody so that's an automatic pass.
Little man was thrilled to discover the box of 'E-O's' that Sadie got. In fact, he picked them up and took off with them to stash them somewhere.
But, since we wouldn't let him keep the entire box he was content with the one papa snuck for him.
Christmas afternoon they broke out the wii that Nana and Kenzie brought back with them from Denver. It was pretty hilarious to watch the little ladies wiggle and try to figure out how to make it all work.
Papa's Christmas present.
Later that evening we celebrated with Grams and Grandpa, Uncle K, Megan and Uncle Tyson. The kiddo's were spoiled again by everyone!
Oh, Sadie...bless you and your silly eyes.
It was cute to watch Hayze unwrap this, he kept saying 'Oh wow! Wheeler!'
Grams and Grandpa surprised the girlies with wiggle bikes of their very own. Hayzer was thrilled with his new lawnmower and he's been mowing all our floors ever since.
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