Christmas Morning

The kids woke up bright and early and were all so happy that Santa had come. We had a nice morning opening presents and then getting ready for church. Here's a few pics with present highlights...

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Yes! Santa came!

Natalie got an awesome new sleeping bag.

Daniel with a silly straw as glasses!

They were all so intreged with each others presents. It was quite sweet.

Christmas Eve!

On Christmas Eve we kind of took it easy all day and in the late afternoon we headed over to our friends house and had dinner with a few families from church as well as the missionaries. We had a lovely time and after dinner was over we headed back home and started our own Christmas Eve festivities. The kids opened there new Christmas PJ's and exchanged presents amongst themselves. It was a fun evening for sure!

Decorating Cookies

On December 22nd we woke up to Phil our elf giving us the hint that he wanted us to bake some sugar cookies and gingerbread men. It just so happens that I was planning on doing it anyways that day. We had the missionaries over and decorated cookies and had a great time making treat plates for a church activity we were attending that night.

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Here's Phil being silly again!

Megan with one of her cookies.

Daniel was a big sprinkle mess maker!

Here's Elder Cox with a missionary gingerbread boy.

Here's Phil with all the treat plates we made. I think he was one happy elf!

Party Time!

On December 17th we went to our friends birthday party at out local skating rink. It was Megan's first time skating and she had a great time and did really well at it!

Here are some of the kids from the party with a weird looking Mickey Mouse that was walking around.

Concert Time!

Each of the kids had school Christmas concerts this December. Daniel had his during the day with is Pre-K class. They sang a few songs and then showed us some projects they made for the holidays. It's always fun to go to school and see what the kids have been working on. Daniel looked so handsome that I had to get a pic of him before school.

Megan's concert was in the evening and she performed with the whole first and second grade classes. They were a sight to be seen and sang some very nice holiday songs. Megan looked so cute up there and did a great job singing for us. We are proud of her for sure!

Christmas Parade

We went over to Pier Park and watched the PCB Christmas parade in mid-December. It was actually a little chilly out so it was fun to bundle everyone up and go watch the parade with our friends the Dormans. We had a nice evening and the kids enjoyed collecting the candy and goodies that were thrown from the floats.

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Here's Mommy, Kyle, Daddy and Natalie with the high school band about to come by.

Here's Daniel and our friend Madison having fun!

Phil our Elf on the Shelf

This year an elf appeared at our house. He is an Elf of the Shelf. Megan named him Phil (short for Philippines) in memory of Nana and Opa! Phil has been gracing us with is presence for the past few weeks. We love the fact the he reports to Santa each night about our good and bad behaviors. Over the weekend Phil brought us a letter from Santa. Nothing serves as a great reminder to be on the "nice" list better than a letter from Santa himself! Over the next few weeks I'll post some pics of our silly little elf Phil. He can be a rascal sometimes!