December 2011

Yikes! November... has it really been that long? Well... let's catch up to date!

I love the month of December, it's always such a fun month! Between putting up the Christmas tree and adding the ornaments the kids had a little fun. I walked into the room to see this...

Addilyn & Rylan discovered they could crawl under the tree... I made sure to clarify that this was the only time it was okay after I put up all of the ornaments. :)

Christmas was amazing this year! We were able to spend time with almost every person in our immediate family on both sides. We spent Christmas in Colorado with Kyle's family and the weekend before we were able to spend it with my side of the family.

All of the siblings (except for one, Melinda who is in Virginia) were able to get together here in Utah for a weekend of fun... under the same roof too! We had such a great time with everyone and kept very busy!

We went to Temple Square to see the lights...

We shopped around at the mall while all of the cousins rode the train around with Grammy. This is the train car that Rylan and Addilyn were in...

Grammy and Aunt Kimberly put on a play about Rudolph for everyone to enjoy...

And even Santa stopped by to visit!

Rylan was really into Santa this year! He was so excited to sit on his lap and he kept trying to give him hugs.

Addilyn was the complete opposite however. I couldn't even get her on his lap before she started crying...


This is a picture of Grammy and all of the grandchildren that were there that weekend...

(There are three missing from the photo- Sean, Carmen, & Jenna.)

The weekend went by way too fast and a few days later we drove out to Colorado to Kyle's home. All of the siblings were able to make it there to spend Christmas together. It was a lot of fun... another house full of lots of family to enjoy!

The weather was perfect there for that time of year... lots of snow!!

We did a reenactment of the Nativity story. Rylan and Addilyn were Shepards...

Santa came to visit there too.... I know I look a little evil with my smile in the following picture, but I promise I'm not trying to be. I'm simply holding Addilyn in my lap. Santa was distracted and Addilyn was still freaking out. She's in my lap... not Santa's... so I'm still a good Mom right? Even a week later after Addilyn's first incident with Santa this year, she still wants nothing to do with him...

Rylan telling Santa what he would like for Christmas... :)

Christmas Eve... Nana & Papa with all of the grandkids!

(Rylan looks a little scary... he's just really excited though!)

Christmas Morning before church!

We visited a friend of the Nielsen family who has an amazing model train set in his basement. Rylan loves trains (along with his Daddy) so we went to check it out...

We had such a great time! It was a happy Christmas! :)