Merry Christmas!

I love this time of year and the time we get to reflect on the birth of our Savior and Redeemer. With all of the hustle and bustle of the season I really tried to find those moments to focus on the Savior and they truly do make a difference in the season. We had quite the week of festivities. My family wouldn't al be together on Christmas, so the Sunday before we got together at my mom's. ( with Braden's family and Dev's family). We enjoyed a delicious dinner ( as always) and then we enjoyed the nativity. I love watching the kids get dressed up. Lucky for all of the dad's in attendance we were in need of someone wisemen :) I took a video but no pictures darn it! Breckyn was an angel and got to follow Halle around, which she loved! Then of course at the end of the night we all opened presents. My mom spoiled all of us girls with Bosch mixers!

Tanner did get this picture of me playing the violin at my parents Sunday night. My mom always has us do our annual family talent show :)

 



Christmas Eve we went to Tanner's parents home. It was great and low key and easy. We enjoyed Papa Murphy's pizza! After dinner Tanner and I introduced them all to the Best Christmas Pageant Ever. It was a hit :) We watched the Nativity and that is always so special! Grandma and Grandpa Vollmer got all of the Grandkids these awesome upholstered chairs just their size. They were in love.
Christmas morning was great! Breckyn didn't want to get up, just like last year, but once she saw her toys she was fine. We had my parents over for Breakfast so we enjoyed some of the day with them. We went over to Aunt Jan and Uncle Brad's for dinner and it was AMAZING! Breckyn loved playing all day with EJ and Emily! We were definitely tired by the time we got home but we had sure enjoyed a great Christmas day!

Best Uncle Ever!

We watched Isaac and Hannah the other night while Braden and Rebecca were out. Hannah was so tired and would not go to bed for me, but Uncle Tanner must have the magic touch...

Bath Time and my Birthday!

I love bath time pictures! I have always felt that they are some of the sweetest memories. This girl loves baths and I am so grateful. I can put her in and hurry and run around and clean the other bathrooms or whatever needs done. She will stay in there for an hour. Sometimes I go in and refill the tub with warm water :)

I don't usually post pictures of myself but I got these cute leggings in the mail from my sister Heather for my birthday. I love them! Tanner took me out for my birthday while my parents watched breckyn. We had to stop at Costco and Winco for some groceries. You know you're getting old when your birthday date entails grocery shopping. We ended the night with a delicious dinner at the Sandpiper! It was a great birthday! 24 is going to be great!

Let the Season Begin!

You know its Christmas in Aberdeen when the street lights go up and the first Monday in December we have the Light Parade! There were some surprisingly good floats this year that made getting out in the cold worth it :) Then we go to the fire station to see Santa. Breckyn was less than thrilled...

I do know that every kid has to have a picture like this, so it definitely makes me laugh!

Thanksgiving in Beautiful St. George

We had a great time in St. George with my family for Thanksgiving. Eric and Victoria were able to make the trip so we were all together! It was great. We have definitely grown so we were spread out. Tanner and I stayed with Devonee and her family in a rented Condo. It was so nice. It was all one floor and had a great floor plan. We were on the first floor so right out the kitchen sliding door was a little play set. It was great. Braden's family stayed in my Grandpa Dan's condo, While Heather stayed across the hall in my Uncle Kirk's. My parents stayed in my Grandparents house along with Eric's family. These were all really close so it made it extra nice.
The day before Thanksgiving we were finally all there and we took the kids to this awesome park. It was kind of down in a hole, so you never had to worry about kids running in front of cars.

These two are HILARIOUS together! They LOVED being outside!

We had dinner at our grandparents house. The kids played outside ALL day. I don't think Brecykn ate anything till 4 (Great mom I know-she was too preoccupied to know she was hungry). After dinner we noticed that all the girls were wearing boots so of course we had to get a picture :) Breckyn had such a struggle getting to bed all week. At 10pm we finally decided to put her in the car (like the old days and drive around) We ended up at Mc D's. It was definitely interesting going to there on Thanksgiving, but it did the trick. She was out like a light!

Friday morning we had family pictures. It was cold and breckyn was definitely less than pleasant. It was quite a struggle. But my dad snapped this great picture of my mom and her girls :)

Naps were definitely hard to come by this past week. Breckyn would NOT sleep in her pack n play so she got to sleep with me and tanner. Good this it was a king bed. We went out and grabbed lunch after pictures and she finally fell asleep on the way back to the condo when no cousins were around. We took advantage of the opportunity and took a nap ourselves :) That afternoon we all went and enjoyed Frozen! What a great show. Breckyn was mesmerized and sat through the whole thing!

We all went out to eat at the yummy Brick Oven that night then just went back to the condo and relaxed.

Best family picture we got all week...

She did not want to wake up on Sunday morning...look at the bedhead!

 

We had an AWESOME TIME! We can't wait to go back. We love that place!