White Christmas

We woke up on Christmas to a beautiful white Christmas. It was the first white Christmas for me and it made Christmas more special I do believe.

Aunt Lola trying to get Clara into the snow action. John ready to sled.

Uncle Rylan and John ready for a snowball fight.

Clara with a snowball and a mischievious grin.

John getting Aunt Lola.

John ready to get Aunt Lola and Clara ready to get Uncle Rylan.

John with a snowball.

Clara the little snowbunny

John running away.

Aunt Lola and Clara

Uncle Jace ready to get John with a huge snowball. John going after Uncle Jace.

John getting him, Clara watching.

Uncle Jace throwing a snowball.

Uncle Jace looking to get Uncle Rylan.

Christmas Morning

We had a very blessed Christmas at Mimmie and Popsy's house. We missed Burt/Daddy tremendously but were so glad that we were able to Skype on Christmas day. There are lots of pictures because we want to share our morning with him.

After Santa Claus visited - Coming down the hall

Love this face

Checking out what Santa had brought

Iron Man mask, Aunt Lola getting Clara out of her pjs and into Snow White dress (her first change of the day)

John checking out gifts and Snow White getting her shoes on

Iron Man hand on

Snow White with her lip gloss

Showing off the gobs of lip gloss

John and his new scooter

Clara deciding to video - notice second change of the morning

John so excited about his new leapster

Clara with her Toy Story 3 Barbie

Happy girl opening presents

Happy boy opening presents

Lots of presents

John his new FSU toboggan

John's new jacket

Opening, opening, opening presents

Clara with a wardrobe change and excited about princess stuff.

Love that face

Another shock face and back in her original pjs

Clara with her new suitcase

Clara taking pictures of herself with her princess camera

John playing his leapster

Clara sitting at her new vanity that Popsy and Mimmie were getting set-up for her, in another wardrobe change.

The Ironman

Clara and I while I opened some presents.

Christmas Eve

Ready for one present to open on Christmas Eve. I let them open one from their cousins in Arizona - Madison, Luke, and Alex. John was shaking it to try to figure out what it was (Martha, you have to find this funny as it wasn't hard to figure out.)

Opening

Christmas Eve before Santa came.

Keith's Live Nativity

One of my favorite memories growing up is my home church's live nativity. I enjoyed going when I was young to see the nativity scene live with animals and then standing in the cold while I was in UMYF. I now love watching the kids get excited about seeing it.

John feeding the animals.
Clara enjoyed it but was quite upset about there not be a baby Jesus in the manger.

Jesus' Birthday Cake

The kids were hard at work to make Jesus' birthday cake. Clara getting the batter ready. Brother helping too.

The favorite part - the decorating.

Making perfection?!

Four and a half tubs of sprinkles! Clara is the only one who actually ate a piece.