Christmas Eve Rituals...

This Christmas was awesome!  All of the kids were home and we had everyone together for all of our traditions!  We started the season with a Creche Festival at the church, then putting together our presents for friends and neighbors, all of the kids Christmas concerts, driving around looking at christmas lights with hot chocolate, gingerbread houses, making christmas wish lists, making our sugar cookies for santa, decorating the house, LOTS of family movies, our christmas fondue and a fun christmas day filled with games and good food!  I LOVE christmas!!!

Name Tags by Kaitlin...

Fondue...

We love setting the table for these special dinners... learned from the best!

Food for the Reindeer...

Santas Cookies...

A letter from Maddie...

Enjoying dinner...

Christmas Eve Cookies for Santa...

Every year we do sugar cookies on Christmas Eve as a family.  I love how much fun everyone has doing this together!  It's messy, but always a good time!!!  Daddy is SUCH a trooper to be in charge :)

Christmas Art Work this Year...

A card from Lauren...

Front of Card...

Angel by Lauren...

Emmy's Cute Tree with Buttons...

Laurens Snowflakes...

Laurens Rudolf...

So Sweet...

Emmys Santa & Reindeer...

Fun Shaped Pasta...

Punched Reindeer by Lauren...

A red & green Picaso by Emmy...

A colorful 3D snowflake by Maddie girl!

Misc. Stuff...

Emmy being funny...

Maddie got a cool paint a princess gift from Grandma Phelps and was nice to share it with the little girls!

I was so proud that they shared pretty good... a few tears, but that was it :)

Madie is always so good to include them and play!

Lauren paints with her mouth hanging open... that's how Mommy puts on makeup!

Merry Christmas for Friends...

Thanks for finding this cute idea for us Mom!!! :) They turned out great and I love the message!!!

Maddie Decorated Their Room for Christmas...

I LOVE THIS GIRL!!!!!

Holiday Concerts...

I really missed Darons Sax playing at a concert this year, but next year for sure!  We have a deal about that!  Anyway... here are the concerts we have gotten to attend this month so far!

Kaitlin had her first choir concert of the year for Christmas!  They did really good :)  She tried out for a solo and We were very proud of her for that!



We think she's the prettiest chick up there!

There was a song they danced to!  She hated that one...

Lauren was so excited to have her singing concert!  She has been walking around singing these holiday songs for months :)

Kevin got her to keep doing this with her hands at her ears!  Nice :)

Maddiegirl getting ready to have her 1st ever band concert!

She's playing the flute and doing great!  After xmas she will start practicing 20 minutes per day!  Was proud of her :)

Being cheesy for my benefit!

Beautiful :)