Well, Christmas has come and gone and I can hardly believe it's over!!! Our day was jam packed, it was a great day full of family and fun!!!
Jackobi's Christmas bed head!!
We got up early that morning so we could have Christmas at our house before heading into Nate's parents for Brian's call. It was so fun to watch Jackobi this year!! She was sleepy at first, but once she saw her stocking and we told her she could unwrap presents, she was instantly full of energy!! She was cute, she'd unwrap a present excitedly and get to the box and hug it saying 'oh wow!' ... she didn't know to open it to see what was inside!! So fun!
I thought this picture was funny, she couldn't get her Play Doh opened and kept saying 'Oh No!' She was quickly distracted with more presents!
Our Christmas morning!!
Brian called at 8 AM, so we headed into Nate's parents house. It was a treat to hear from him! He sounded so happy, it was great. Jackobi even managed to say 'Bubba' a few times and told him 'Bye' ... that was our goal, so we were happy!!
While everyone took their turn on the phone, Nate's dad helped distract Jackobi from ripping into her gifts!
Jackobi snuggling up with the puppy Brian sent home for her!
After Nate's parents, we headed out to my parents house for a few hours .... it was cute, Anna and Jackobi weren't too interested in their gifts by that point, they just wanted to play with eachother! They did manage to rip a few open though.
My dad was easily convinced by the girls to play with them rather than open presents. I'm pretty sure he's wrapped around their little fingers!
Anna opening the bowling set Jackobi got her ... I'm pretty sure these two will be quite destructive with it! Good thing it's for Uncle Justin's house!!
After going home for a much needed nap we headed into Nate's Grandpa & Grandma Christiansens for their gift exchange. It was good to see everyone, we had a great time! But we sure were glad when we finally made it home!! I'm pretty sure we were all exhausted and in bed by 9!!
We had such a wonderful Christmas!! Our day was busy, but we're so blessed to live so close to both of our families and share holidays with them!
We've had some snow over the last week so I decided to let Jackobi try out her new snow boots in it!! She had gloves on, but quickly ripped them off to feel the cold snow. She had a blast!! We're supposed to get more snow the next few days, hopefully we can bundle her up and try out that new sled!!
Jackobi's Christmas bed head!!
I thought this picture was funny, she couldn't get her Play Doh opened and kept saying 'Oh No!' She was quickly distracted with more presents!
Our Christmas morning!!
While everyone took their turn on the phone, Nate's dad helped distract Jackobi from ripping into her gifts!
Jackobi snuggling up with the puppy Brian sent home for her!
After Nate's parents, we headed out to my parents house for a few hours .... it was cute, Anna and Jackobi weren't too interested in their gifts by that point, they just wanted to play with eachother! They did manage to rip a few open though.
My dad was easily convinced by the girls to play with them rather than open presents. I'm pretty sure he's wrapped around their little fingers!
Anna opening the bowling set Jackobi got her ... I'm pretty sure these two will be quite destructive with it! Good thing it's for Uncle Justin's house!!
After going home for a much needed nap we headed into Nate's Grandpa & Grandma Christiansens for their gift exchange. It was good to see everyone, we had a great time! But we sure were glad when we finally made it home!! I'm pretty sure we were all exhausted and in bed by 9!!
We had such a wonderful Christmas!! Our day was busy, but we're so blessed to live so close to both of our families and share holidays with them!
It's so cute to watch these two together! They absolutely love one another!!
I love it that around the holidays there are so many more opportunities to get together with old friends!! Jaclyn was in Burley one night so we all decided to grab dinner! It was great to catch up with her [and Jason too!]
Thanks Jac & Cros for a fun night!!
A few weeks ago David and Makyla had an Ugly Sweater party! It was so much fun! We ate, played games, ate some more, exchanged white elephant gifts and all wore UGLY SWEATERS!! We ended up with a really fun group of people and had a blast!
All dressed pretty badly!!
Worst 3 guys sweaters! 
Don't you love our rockin' sweaters? So fun!
Jackobi loves it when Camille comes home!
Nate will look for just about any excuse to go hunting. This year he conned his brothers and dad into going into the snowy mountains on Thanksgiving day! I think they all had lots of fun (I'm sure more fun than helping with Turkey dinner!) Watch out guys, I'm sure he'll try to make this an annual tradition!
Last week I watched Anna Leigh for a day so Justin could attend his student's graduation. Boy oh boy ... these two are a HANDFUL!!!! They had so much fun together, it was fun to watch how comical they find eachother. I had to get some things done [like re-decorate my tree!! Anna thought it was just awesome to pull all the bulbs off and 'bounce' them!!!] so I stuck them both in Jackobi's crib with a bunch of toys ... it seriously occupied them for 45 minutes!
It's so fun to watch these little girl cousins grow up together. They absolutely adore one another. Jackobi calls Anna's name instantly when we walk into my parents house to see if her 'friend' is there to play too. It's cute. They give eachother lots of hugs and kisses [even though they bonk heads most times!] and run around holding hands ... so adorable! Even if they do cause mad chaos when they're together!!
Jackobi LOVES to color, I just didn't know her face was the canvas!!
Chris & Sara were down for Thanksgiving so Chris' family had a baby shower for Sara since it'll be the last time they're home [in Rupert] before the baby is born!!
