Christmas 2011

When I worked at the pool in St. George we had an event called "Christmas in July".  I guess that is what this is since I'm seriously slow posting pictures of that holiday of holidays!  Oh, well...I just really want to be able to look back at these pictures and memories even if they were posted 6 months late!

The Dressing of the Tree:

I woke up early one morning, got out our little tree and got it ready to be decorated: fluffing the branches, adjusting the lights, and putting on the ribbon.  Noah woke up and caught me in the act.  He was super excited!  

Eden was quite the little decorator this year (and redecorated the bottom quarter of the tree pretty much everyday in December).  Noah liked trying to break things.  The Christmas Tree somehow makes the cold outside bearable, doesn't it.

Nativity "Puffets"

Grandma Lillywhite sent the cutest little nativity finger puppets and the kids loved playing with them (when they weren't missing in some very random spot).

Christmas Morning:

Christmas morning in the casita again this year.  We woke up, had a little breakfast in bed (don't tell Dorothy), opened a gift with a "little people" nativity set and arranged it piece by piece while we read about each one in the Bible.  Then it was time to open gifts to each other from each other.  Then Grandma and Grandpa Lillywhite and Grandma Kurtz came over (where was the camera?) and more presents.  Grandma Kurtz shot me in the eye with a ping pong gun!

Loot!

Eden and Noah got these little 4-wheelers obtained by Brynn and Christie at the midnight madness thing at Wal-Mart back at Thanksgiving (thanks, ladies).  Once Noah finally got the hang of his he liked it as much as Eden did!

We had a fun late-morning present opening at the Sheffield Casa, complete with a fun twist on white elephant, followed by a complete "Thanksgiving" dinner.  Then it was over to the Lillywhite homestead to visit all the cousins there.  What a fun, full day!  Too bad we didn't get a few more pictures!