Our Christmas

 This year we got an Elf from Grandma and Grandpa Hymas 

for the 12 days of Christmas.

Every night the elf, named Trevor, got into things,

then he would hide the green bag for the kids.

One night he hid in the tub after having a beach party with Barbie.

On Christmas Eve we lit candles and read bits of Luke 2.

Then we watched a movie about it.

The kids were pretty eager to get to bed and very excited, 

as you can see on Elizabeth's face.

On Christmas Eve night, me and Brett finished up painting the train table

Brett made for the kids.

Luckily the baby slept well that night, so I was able to help finish it up.

This is what it looked like before the finishing touches.

And this is the finished product.  :)

It was fun to help Brett with one of his projects this time.

Kid's perspective..

Little cubbies built into the legs..

 All set for Christmas,

with Santa's stockings and all.

Isaac was pretty determined to get up early on Christmas day,

but then he ended up getting up later than usual, like around 8:15ish.

What the kids did first thing after getting up.

They were pretty excited.

 Can't see it too well, but we had the virtual fireplace going on

our computer with some Christmas music.

We also had the window open as it was a nice snowfall outside.

What an awesome Christmas!

It was pretty funny when the most excited each of them got 

was over the oranges they received in their stockings.

Elizabeth even screamed with excitement.  :b

This was the beginning of the present opening.

Elizabeth thought it was a good idea to wear her leotard for such an occasion..

 This was the end.  After Ethan's nap he was able to open

the rest of the things he got (after we had lunch).

It was nice because after each present the kids opened, 

they played with that thing for a while.

So it took us a few hours to get through all the presents.

Little Mr. Ethan hung out, watching the excitement.

Here's some of the things the kids got.

 All in all it was a good Christmas day,

even though Mommy ended up getting sick through the last half.

But Daddy was nice enough to let her have a nice nap.

And here's Mommy and Daddy's cute little early Christmas present.

-Our little Ethan boy.  :)

Christmas, We're Ready For Ya

 Isaac had his little Kindergarten Program tonight.

He looks pretty thrilled.  :b

The poor guy was rather sick today, so I don't think he felt good

as he was up there.

It was cute though.

We enjoyed it.

Last Saturday we took the kids to see Santa.

Luckily at the Springville Theatre, 

Santa likes to make a visit and usually no one is there, 

so no lines to visit.

(And I'm pretty sure it's the real one that comes every year.)

 When we got there, all the kids were scared to go up to him.

-So baby Ethan got to go first.  :)

Then the kids warmed up real quick after that.

 Isaac told Santa about the "reindeer" we saw on the way up to see him.

They ran right past our car and turned down our street,

so Brett told the kids they were checking out our house before Christmas.

Santa was so glad Isaac found them because he said he lost 3 reindeer and now

they were found.  :)

 Isaac said he wanted a Rescue Bot for Christmas.

Santa was a little confused until Daddy hinted that was a Transformer..

Elizabeth was a little nervous at first, but when they got to talking

about her sparkly boots, she was thrilled to talk.

 She told Santa she wanted a pet monkey for Christmas.

The poor girl had to be shot down as Santa told her 

he would probably jump out of the sleigh on the way to our house.

My Cutie Girl

Ashlyn didn't want anything in particular from Santa.

She just softly answered that she would like a present.

My Sweet Angel

We're all surprisingly calm in this picture.

Usn's

 We've got our snow..

Now we just need Christmas.  :)

(Elizabeth enjoying the snow)