Our Family- Christmas Eve- 2009

The little ones eating dinner-
Beau, Ella, Lauren and Tatum

Love that face!

I love this girl and I love her food choices-
carrots, ham and croutons!

Katie, Justin, Alisa, Natalia, Landon, Sheri and Michael

LaDonna, Maureen, Steven, Elizabeth, Conner, Grandpa, Grandma and Keith

The animals in the nativity-
Ella, Beau and Lauren

The angels-
Kayla, Hayden and Tatum

That is one excited Wiseman.

A Wiseman and a Shepard...is there a punchline?

Our Nativity- 2009

3 more wisemen- Grandpa, Kevin and Keith.
I really like the fedora and the Kenwood robe!

Playing the bells!


The 12 days of Christmas.

I will never be able to fully describe just how much I love this woman!
We had a great Christmas Eve spent with family. Dinner was at my parent's home and it was delicious. We had the Magnusson's there and had a great time. Julz did an amazing job on the program once again- she really has talent. We sang the 12 days of Christmas and played the bells. I never get sick of doing the same thing every year. In fact, I look forward to it. I love all the traditions that my family has and now these are becoming the traditions that my kids look forward to. I am so blessed to have such an amazing family.**A little side story- a week or so after Christmas I took the kids to my Grandma's house for a visit. Lucky for us when we showed up- Wayne and Heather and their kids were all there and so were Natalia, Landon and Keith. We visited for a while and then we left. The next day I was brushing Hayden's hair and she said, "Mom, you know that teenager/grown up girl that was at Grandma Mag's?" Yes, I responded (knowing exactly who she was talking about). Hayden says, "When my hair is down I look just like that really pretty girl." (Hayden is referring to the girl in one of the above pictures named Natalia). Yes you do Hayden. I also told Hayden that not only is Natalia beautiful on the outside, she is beautiful on the inside. I can't wait to see her again and I hope I get to visit with her more. I have been thinking a lot about her since that day...... apparently so has Hayden.