Christmas 2011

Christmas card 2011

Christmas 2011 started out crazy for us. JD and I were in charge of our ward Christmas brunch. Man, I was happy and exhausted when that was over.  Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the cultural hall after it was decorated but here are some of the trees we used to decorate the tables. We folded about 30 magazine trees, glued sequins to styrofoam forms and bought a few at them.

After the party we were ready to focus on our family Christmas and went to get a tree. We ended up with a little live tree, that is now planted in our backyard. Maybe in a few years it will be our big Christmas tree.

This was our first year with an elf and it was really fun.

Macy was Mary for the Summerhays Christmas Eve nativity on Christmas Eve. She was so cute and took the role very seriously.

The girls were excited and adorable on Christmas morning. I took video of the present opening and apparently didn't get any pictures.

Macy had to check if the reindeer ate the carrots she left for them. They are very messy eaters.

I loved having Christmas on a Sunday.

We then had a great night with the Ashby family.

Macy was an angel.

Christmas with kids is such an exciting and magical time but most of all, I hope that I can teach them the importance and miracle of the birth of our Savior.