The month of December always goes by too fast. I love this month. I love the music, friends, family, and food. I love my kids and the magic they bring.
Daisy was very kind and informed us that it was Rocky's turn to do the start this year. He was happy to do it.
Isn't our tree beautiful! I know Aaron hates the leaves, but this was how our tree looked the first part of the month.
We had the Brooks side over to make gingerbread houses and watch the Christmas devotional. I hope the we started a new tradition.
This is a horrible picture. But I was trying to capture my favorite decorations. I love the Nativity, and how I had it set up.
My favorite night of our Christmas celebrations was this night. We stayed home and watched Home Alone. I also attempted cinnamon rolls for the first time. I was so happy when they actually turned out pretty good.
We went to the Fleming Family Christmas Party per tradition. I love that my kids always get to see Santa and cousins.
Rocky's face cracks me up in this photo. I don't think he is quite sure here...
Daisy had her Christmas Program. I didn't get any good pictures, but she took it very seriously and did a great job.
We got to go up to Pinetop the weekend before Christmas to spend time with my side of the family. I love when we can all get together even though it is always for a short time. The plus was that there was a lot of snow to play in.
I love all of these pictures. I think they speak for themselves. Fun with family.
We went and saw the new Star Wars movie late one night and when we got back this is how I found my nieces and nephews sleeping. Not too comfortable.
It snowed while we were there. It is just good for your soul to see snow falling every now and then.
It has been a while since I have been to my Mom's house around Christmas and I loved it. I snapped pictures of all the decorations that I remember from growing up that have survived the years.
This is my Mom's very old nativity. I remember playing with them. There used to be more pieces. I probably wasn't the only kid who was tempted to play with this nativity.
This was always one of my favorite ornaments.
Along with this one.
A trumpet.
And a big ball of glitter. These, I was taught, belong tucked deep into the tree to make it look fuller.
We also had a get together before Christmas with just Aaron's side. I didn't snap a lot of pictures, but I did get this one of Jeremiah winning our new found Left, Right, Center game from Nathan and Kim. It was fun. I love these people!
At some point during the month Daisy stole my phone and had a little Christmas photo shoot with Rocky and herself. I love these photos. All taken by either herself or Rockwell.
We spent Christmas eve with Heidi and Jeremiah. Christmas Eve is my favorite night of the year. Even as an adult, I love the anticipation and the magic. We ate out and then went back to my house for cinnamon rolls and A Christmas Story.
I think we made them pose...
Our traditional Christmas Eve jammies were also opened.
I didn't snap many pictures of Christmas morning. I decided to just enjoy it instead of taking pictures. Now I wish I had taken some more pictures. This year Daisy wanted a baby crib, play dough, make up, and shopkins. Rocky wanted cars.
We spent the day at Grandma Rena's. It was a nice day. We spent the whole day with family.
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