Sledding at Grams and Grandpa's

The Saturday after Christmas was the most gorgeous clear day. The field behind my parents house had the most beautiful untouched blanket of snow that just needed to be played in. Grandpa hooked up the tube behind the wheeler and we had a fun filled, cold day.

We took turns driving and riding. Haye loved them both. He couldn't stand the thought of stopping or resting. What finally did him in was when his poor little hands got too cold and he couldn't take it anymore.

 These two were loving it all and got more and more adventurous as the day went on . Especially once Hadlee, Bo and Maggie joined the fun. 

 My cutie mama! We all love her. She made sure we had plenty of hot chocolate and treats to keep everyone going.

She's also a pretty great tube puller. 

Mya kept begging grandpa to make a new trail! Make a new trail! Well it worked out just fine for her because she was always riding behind Sadie so she could avoid the spray of the powder. Well, we figured out her game and made her take her turn in the front to make a new trail and the result was absolutely hilarious. She had powder in her eyelashes, and plastered into each curl of her hair. 

 We wore poor Ruckus boy right out. He had run five or six laps before we even arrived and did his best to keep up with the kiddos. He would get tired, cut across the deep snow to try and catch up, but he would get snow balls built up in his paws so you would see him suddenly stop, plop down and start biting his feet to clean them out so he could start running again.

 Me and two of my three girls. Senny had been napping inside but we put on her hat and mittens and let her come out for a few minutes to enjoy the fun too.

Christmas 2015

4 of my greatest gifts together under the tree in their new Christmas jammies. 

These cute big sisters wanted to have a picture together. I love how much they adore this little nugget that has joined our family. They are the sweetest big sisters.

This sweet little missy before bed on her first Christmas eve.

 And before we knew it, littles were tucked into bed awaiting the arrival of Christmas morning. Daddy and Mommy may have stayed up just a little bit later, we were pretty excited too.

 Christmas morning arrived and we woke to find that Mr. Claus had arrived and these cute kiddos of ours were definitely on the nice list this year. 

 We also got surprised with a beautiful white Christmas morning. I feel like there isn't anything that makes Christmas morning more magical than a blanket of fresh white snow. 

 Little Hayze man slept in but his sisters were up and so excited we couldn't ask them to wait for him.

 Their favorite place to start is always their stockings. They can't wait to turn it upside down and dump the contents to discover the treasures inside. It seems so odd to me because my stocking was one of the last things that I opened. But there are no rules on Christmas right?

 Miss Mya wrote a letter at school to Santa Claus. She asked him if he would send her a picture of him with his reindeer. We weren't sure if he was going to be able make this wish happen but of course he did!

 Look at these sweet faces in awe of this Christmas magic! Santa left them a wonderful note as well as a picture of himself and Dasher. Pretty lucky ladies!

 It was kind of fun to have Hayze wake up a bit later than the others, then we could have time to soak in each of their reactions. He was a little unsure of why everyone was watching him as he came into the room. As soon as he spied his tool bench he froze, he just stood there and looked at it for probably a full minute. She didn't say anything, crack a smile or anything. It was hilarious. He finally broke and went right to work with his tools. 

 These girls wish lists were dominated by Little Live Pets. They each wanted a new little mouse and turtles to come and live with them and become a part of their little pet menagerie. They were not disappointed.

 Santa also brought each member of the family a nerf gun and extra ammunition.

 Daddy may have been a little excited about the nerf arsenal as well. He had Hayze set up on a rest, practicing as soon as they got it out of the box.

 This was the first year that we helped the girls choose presents for each other and it was really sweet to see them think about what the other one would want and to sacrifice some of they own money to help pay for the gifts. 

From across the world their cousins must have know how much they love these little creatures and sent butterflies. They thought they were absolutely magical.

This handsome guy also got a train set. Of course it was the train from Disneyland and his other was the Monorail.

Christmas morning is always more fun when you are able to share it with family and we were blessed to have both sets of grandparents and aunts and uncles join us for breakfast and presents. We were also able to sneak in some short Facetime sessions with the Makechnie's before they went to bed in Saudi and with Adam, Cami and little miss Abby in Texas. 

Senny snugging with Grams and Grandpa.

Hayzer loved his Baymax from Ty and Brooke. I love listening to his gruff little voice saying, 'Hello, I Baymax, your personal healthcare companion'. 

These guys, some of our favorites. Mya is already plotting how she is going to be able to babysit their future children. 

Megan's prized gift this year... a classy little gem from Savers. 

And these two young pups, all engaged. Trevan is a pretty good sport, he didn't realize that his first major holidays spent with the Hansen's were going to include all of my family too.

I had to take a picture of all the chaos. The wrapping paper, the kids in the midst of it all. It truly is a happy mess. I read a quote a while ago that called this a glorious mess! And it truly is. A mess of memories and love, those should never be cleaned up too fast.