Christmas time

I am so behind on blogging and just noticed I never posted anything about Christmas.  We had such a great time this year at Christmas.  The girls were so sweet and decided that they would like to help out someone else and have a small Christmas this year.  So they all said they only needed one gift each and then they wanted someone who needed presents to get the rest.  They all wrote letters to Santa and asked for one gift and then said to give the rest of what they would have gotten to someone who needs more.  Elizabeth was cute in her letter she wrote, "but my sisters are really good, so if you want you could give them more than what they ask for."    It is such a good feeling to see your kids being kind to one another and getting along.  They can be so sweet every once and a while! 

These pictures are funny.  They were fighting so I put them in a time out and they had to cuddle for ten minutes.  Some how it turned into a photo shoot. 

Such fun girls

Adison was so funny, and she kept showing off for the camera so I had to keep going and going.

I don't know how I cut Liz out of this one, but she is pointing a gun at Brytlee and that is why she has her hands up.... I love Adison's kissy lips.

and the selfies begin with Alexis. 

Adison was wore out and fell asleep.  The girls all had to jump in and pretend they were asleep also.  Adison is so funny when it comes to sleeping.  She wakes up early, and will not take a nap.... I wouldn't mind the no nap thing if she would just sleep in.

Christmas morning.  They were all so happy to see that Santa stopped at our house.  Adison was so excited and LOVED her dolls. 

Elizabeth got her cotton candy maker. 

Alexis got her DISCO ball!!! 

Adison is so in love with playing barbies.  She was so thrilled to get more!   Brytlee was very spoiled this year and got a I pad mini.  (Ryan calls it a I pod maxi)  The day after Christmas Brytlee lost her I pad and we looked all day for it and couldn't find it.  Ryan had a app on his phone that is able to find it and see where it is and it said it wasn't in the house.  The girls kept texting it over and over and it was nowhere to be found.  The next day we looked for it again and Ryan started to wonder if someone came in the house and grabbed it off the kitchen counter and stole it or something.  Brytlee was so sad and we were about to give up on looking for it when Ryan told the girls we needed to say a prayer and see if H evenly Father would help us find it.  So Brytlee said a great little prayer and right after it the girls went looking for it.  Within three minutes they found it.  It was such a great experience to see what the power of prayer can do for them.

We went ice skating with some of Ryan's friends and the girls had a blast.  Elizabeth has decided that is what she wants to do.  She loved it and was very good. 

Alexis liked it but she fell down a lot so she was ready to be done when it was time to leave.

Adison was not a fan of the skates.

Brytlee did good, but then decided to grab the little helpers so she wouldn't fall anymore.

They had one for grown ups also so Alexis had to try it out.  We had a good laugh....

Adison said she was done so we went and took off her skates and put her shoes back on.  But then she ran back out on the ice and had even more fun running around in her shoes than she did in the skates.  It was really funny….

Santa made it to our ward Christmas party this year again.  

We had a great time this year for Christmas and New Years.  We were able to go to my parents before Christmas and have our Christmas party with them.  Their ward had a really cool program they did of the nativity that was outside and live.  They brought in real animals and even had two camels.  It was to bad that it was windy and freezing outside, but it still was a great idea and helped teach the meaning of Christmas.  We had a great time and I wish now that I would have stayed longer.  I was afraid I was going to have our baby early and so I made sure I was close to home.  I thought for sure I was going to have the New Year baby because I was having so many pains and not sleeping at night because I was having contractions.  But not the case.  My whole family went to the Ball's cabin for the week of New years and it would have been so fun to go and let the kids play outside and have fun, but we made our own fun at home.
I have been thinking a lot lately about how blessed I am to have such a wonderful family.  I am even more blessed to have married into a wonderful family.  I really do believe that I have the best parents in the whole world,  and know that they would do anything for me.  Along with my brothers and sister.  They are all so amazing and so good to me, and I love them all so much.