Christmas 2011

Christmas 2011 was a good one! We got a lot of our Christmas shopping done early in the month so we were able to enjoy the month of December. Drake was so fun this year. Even though he still doesn't get the whole thing, he knew who Santa was and was excited for him to come Christmas Eve. Thanks to our elf Tangle who watches over us, Drake was really nice and got lots of presents from Santa.

We took Drake to the mall to sit on Santa's lap. He wasn't scared at all. He asked Santa for a play phone, a bean bag and some cars.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve we went to my grandparents house for dinner, games, and a Christmas message about Christ. We also got a visit from Santa Claus.

Boston

Drake was in the living room right by the front door when Santa walked in shaking his bells. It scared Drake a little bit, so it took him a while to warm up to Santa.

The teenagers.. Mckay, Lauren, and Hannah

Hannah and Elli made up a dance to a Christmas song and performed it for us. It was so cute!

After my grandparents house we went to my parents house and opened up our Christmas Eve Pj's! This is seriously my favorite part about Christmas!! I love getting new pajamas!

I made Drake's Christmas Pj's this year. He was so excited when he opened them up. He has a love for pajamas like his mom. If he could stay in his pj's all day he would.

Uncle James and Drake laying in James' bed looking at the stars on the ceiling.

Drake and new baby's loot from Santa. I helped Santa by making the bean bag!

Aunt Laurley and Drake playing games on Lauren's phone.

The siblings in our Christmas pj's. Yes those are Call of Duty pants that James and Josh are wearing! They love video games and so this fits them well.

Wow! I should't be in any pictures while pregnant. When I changed into my "mom" pj's and walked out, Lauren just started laughing out loud at me. I guess the pajama sets aren't cool when you are in high school!

Yep.... that is who I am married to!

We read a Christmas story to Drake and listened for Santa's bells, and we heard them. Drake again, was a little scared of those dang bells, and is still talking about it. We went home and went to bed and Drake was so good to go to sleep that night because of Santa coming!

Christmas Day

We woke up Christmas morning and went to church at my brother's student stake because he had to speak. He did a great job! It was nice to go to church on Christmas and be reminded what Christmas is really about. We then went to my parents to open up presents! Lauren got some really cute things. She got hair extensions, and they look awesome... it makes me want long hair myself!

James enjoyed his first Christmas back from his mission. We also enjoyed having him home.

Joshy got so spoiled by me and my parents. One of the gifts I gave him was a deck of cards with a reason why I love him written on each one!

Drake loved all of his presents for about a minute and then he wanted Grandpa to make him a basket ball hoop. So the best gift of the day was a box with a hole cut in it and an old ball!