Christmas Fun All Around!

We had a great time at my folks' house Christmas Eve. It was a flurry of girls and gifts. So far, we have 5 little girls in the Oregon families under the age of 5... and another one on the way. It's always nice to have Em and Josh come up from CA and contribute some 'boy' energy to the mix. Thanks, mom and dad, for the wonderful family celebration. The girls will have wonderful memories of this special Christmas.

Dad reading the Christmas story. He really did it in the form of questions, and it was fun to see how much the girls knew. Even the littlest ones chimed in once in awhile!

Cupcakes that read 'Happy Birthday Jesus!'.

The girls opened their annual 'Christmas Pajamas' and then their first set of pink 'Tinkertoys'.

There was even some cousin rough-housin' going on.

Tennyson got a 'horse' music box. A little horse spins around while the music is playing. Great idea, Mom! She wanted to sleep with it that night like it had soft edges and was cuddly.

Aren't they cute!

Christmas morning at our house... just the four of us. Even at 4, Amaya preferred some snuggle time in our bed before rushing downstairs to see her stocking. I'm sure that won't last many more years!

Nana made the girls bags to put their gifts in. Great idea!

Thanks Nana and Papa!

And again... the perfect gift! Anything to do with horses...

I made Amaya a horse blanket. She loved it!

We had our Christmas Service at church a week late. Amaya was an angel in the kid's program. Tennyson was a little distraught that she didn't get to join her sister... next year!