christmas eve and christmas!

to our surprise.....it started snowing on christmas eve! it was so incredibly magical.

 

on our way over to megans for dinner, it was snowing and mariah carey was singing. i was in HEAVEN.

 

after megans, we came back here for dessert and the nativity. cotton was the best sheep ever.

basic christmas eve jammies!

i happened to catch santa going back up the chimney with my polaroid camera. sneaky!

 

breaking through the paper to get to the gifts. :)

 

is there anything better than excited kids' reactions on christmas morning?

elsa!

CHRISTMAS SNOW!!!!

snow and presents. a pretty great morning. 

loading up the car to go over to my parents' house.

my mom got all the girls matching jammies. and blouses. and make up bags. haaaaa.

the photographer better hurry. tagg's about to throw a snowball.

our boys' first christmas and their matching quilts.

such a fantastic christmas season.

december

we had a very busy and festive december. i tried to fit evvvvvvery tradition in. it felt like we were doing something every night. but i like it that way. first up was molbaks.

trying to find a tree. i didnt like a single one at our usual tree farm so we ended up having craig's uncle get one for us from a legit mountain man.

 the boys preformed at the local senior's home for their christmas recital. they both did so well.

 

we found this super old (like craig looked it up and its prolly from 1910ish) metal toy truck way underneath the foundation of our home. it was where the backyard of this house would have been back then. i love thinking about the little boy who played with it. hope he wasnt too sad when he lost it in the yard! :)

my grandma made huck's stocking! i looooove seeing all six of our stockings hung on the mantle.

seeing santa at our ward party. you can do it, tagg!

craig bought a razor thing and i took it for a muddy spin. fun!

our absolute favorite christmas boy.

we drove up to the pass to play in snow for a bit.

sully was done.

tagg's favorite part of the day was stopping by the burger and milkshake stand on the way home. he needs a shirt with that motto (minus the caffeine) on it.

bellevue lds nativity. they always do such a great and classy job.

snowflake lane had floats this year! and i didnt fight with a lady. so win win.

ornament and cookie exchange with my girls.

huck's very proud of his new trick of sitting in the shopping cart.

exhibit b. those little legs!

off to her christmas performance at school.

ice skating at redmond town center. tess felt JUST like elsa.

i made mini gingerbread houses for craig's girls at work.

then we decorated normal size gingerbread houses at megans house. look at that group!

craig took the boys skiing several times in december. i love seeing the pictures of their progress!

i took the kids to the elementary school dance. tess was in hog heaven.

if i ever couldnt find huck....... he was eating wrapping paper under the tree.

fancy dinner with everyone before the christmas carol. sully came for the first time this year. and has only had about 191923 nightmares since. i told him to cover his eyes!

craig didnt get it.

yummiest christmas cookie.

fancy christmas spirit!

santa (ahem.... ga!) hosted a friday night at the fun center bowling alley. it was soooo fun. tess knew it was ga but kept up the charade and followed santa around everywhere.

huck loved santa too!

annual nordstrom christmas party with santa and my mom.

santa beard sugar cookies!

nope. i didnt skip a month.

but seattle weather did. this SNOWFALL was at beginning of november! ew. but pretty. i guess. 

tess and i went to disney on ice. she loved every single second of it. especially elsa. duh. 

craig and i went down to portland to see brady play a gig with band. it was very fun. and entertaining. 

the next morning we walked around this little neighborhood in downtown and got salt and straw ice cream. hucky wanted some. 

and he's off!

aaaaaaand thats a lotta mini marshmallows. 

yummy turkeys. 

i really wanted the kids to try the funky thanksgiving flavors (think turkey skin!) from salt and straw so i had a few pints shipped home. their reactions were worth it!

my favorite little pilgrim. 

only to be outdone by my favorite little turkey. 

all ready for thanksgiving dinner. 

sully's smile and cherry pie. just a couple things to be thankful for!

a great meal with great humans. 

i made pumpkin pie with milk and heavy cream instead of evaporated milk. it was super yummy. 

after dinner we went over to target to see all the black friday shoppers. it was insane. the line was to the back of the store!

leftovers anyone?