christmas 2010

Christmas time is always very exciting especially when you get to spend almost a whole month with your husband completely uninterupted with work. Adam came out on the 19th of December and doesn't have to go back until the 13th of Janruary. We have been enjoying every moment we get to spend with him before he leaves. Dustin came to town to visit his famiy so we got to spend a few days with him while he was here. We tried our best to avoid the Christmas rush as much as possible, we went to bass pro shop since santa was there this year but the kids didn't get the chance to sit on santa's lap since the line was too long. We had fun looking at the fish tanks and got some fun pictures of the kids touching the stuffed bears instead. We went to the temple lights a few times and took a peek at the nativitiy's from all around the world, I dont have any pictures to show of that though. We went to the temple on christmas eve to see Jordan Bluth sing ( He is one of the singers with the forgotten carols). The kids were so excited for Santa to come to our house. Kenidi was very concerned that Santa was not going to make it to Aunt Shanna's house since she doesn't have a chimney. I assured her that he would find some other way to get in, but she still was not satified. We ended up moving into my parents house before christmas and Kenidi was very happy to find that Grandma and Grandpa did in fact have a chimney. Kenidi didn't know what she wanted for chritmas this year so we had to be creative. Kaden and Kenidi both got new shoes and a few new outfits. Santa brought Kaden a big bucket of lincolin logs and Kenidi was excited to find that Santa surprised her with her very own gumball machine! I love the christmas season and the spirit that it brings with it, the kids and I had a blast giving goddies to our neighbors and remembering the true meaning of christmas. I love my savior and for the ultimate gift that he has given to each of us wich is the gift of eternal life. Each year we put a not in a box and on the note we write a gift that we want to give to our savior and then can reflect on that throughout the year and stive to remember our goals. We then put the box under the christmas tree and leave it there as a reminder of the gift we give back to Jesus Christ. This helps to keep the spirit of christmas all year round :)

Gotta love Nixen sporting his cousins pink helmet