Merry Christmas...

Okay for some reason, this picture is sideways instead of up and down. I took a picture of our Christmas Card. Merry Christmas Everyone! Hope it is everything you imagined and more. I will post our Family Pictures soon!

I wear my sunglasses at night....

I went to check on Rylie before I went to bed last night and this is what I found. Yes she is sound asleep. What a silly. These sunglasses have been a big hit ask my neighbors.... Her and Mike delivered neighbor gifts the other night. It was dark, but she insisted to wear her glasses. Mike thought she wouldn't be able to see in the dark and take them off. Instead she wore them the whole time and when neighbors came to the door, she would tell them Merry Christmas in her glasses. What a kid!

Christmas Fun...

This is how it started out with Santa for Rylie, but as you can tell in the next picture she was okay and told him she had been good and wanted a Barbie!
Bode was like now what are we doing mom!

One of my favorite traditions is making and decorating sugar cookies, here we are in action!

Chowing on a peanut butter kiss cookie...

Grandpa Beak provided us with the Gingerbread house and we had a good time putting it all together. I let Rylie get into the Candy the last few days, instead of breaking it off the house. She picks up the whole house and bites off one of those stale gum drops!

I love Christmas traditions, love this time of year.

oh how they grow...

Growing so fast! Smiling and cooing! This is such a fun age.
My princess, loves to dress up. She even puts it all on at once.

Her favorite is to dress up like a beach princess! Where all of her swimsuits at the same time and pretend to be a Bear Lake.

Bode's Blessing

We got our little guy blessed this month. What an awesome day. Mike did a great job! What a handsome little dude! The Family (don't look so happy Mike)
Our precious little dude!

With Grandma and Grandpa Smith

Grandpa and Grandma Beckstead

Grandpa and Grandma Fredrickson and Grandma Thelma

Five Generation Picture... Mike, Grandma Beckstead, Grandma Fredrickson, Grandma Thelma and Bode.

The perfect tree....

Bode and Rylie before the big expedition to find the perfect tree's

This year we did two trees again, a little one for the basement and a big tall one for the front room. I love decorating trees and Rylie was a big help this year. Bode was a great sport too, I think he enjoyed the hike and being outside. I hope he is a winter enthusiast too!
Rylie lasted awhile, but wore her self out falling and playing in the snow when we first got there. This is her laying in the trail all worn out! What a girl! And the finished product, the Moose tree upstairs! Two funnies from Rylie:

* While pulling out our nativity scene, I gave Rylie the quick story, later when we where putting it up I asked her what the nativity was about and she said "Mary and her little lamb".

* In nursery when they were talking about Jesus, Rylie told them that we have his parents. She did catch on to Mary and Joseph and baby Jesus.