Sleep-over night!

We had a sleep-over night Monday night. Chris bunked with Jackson, and I slept with the girls on their floor. It was fun to read books, make shadows with the flashlight and cuddle together.

I think this is actually a couple of days later. We could tell we had stayed up way too late too many times! :)

Settlers!

For my birthday, I finally got to learn a game called Settlers of Catan. I loved it, and we proceeded to play it probably 8-9 times! Fun!

Christmas Day

Making our glasses "sing".
The kid table.
Toby & Jackson making use of their hammers.

Tricky Bear!

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was a fun time. We celebrated with the kids by finishing What God Wants for Christmas and then opening presents.

Here is Jackson opening his real hammer and real nails! He and Toby put these to use later in the day.

Christmas Eve

For Christmas Eve, we got all dressed up and went to River's Christmas Eve service. We loved singing lots of Christmas songs and getting our hearts right for Christmas.

Then, we ended the evening with What God Wants for Christmas. This is one of my favorite Christmas traditions. We open boxes/presents leading up to Christmas while also asking, "What does God want for Christmas?" The last box has a mirror in it, showing that God wants us for Christmas. We have a neat CD and story book that leads us through the songs/story. It is so powerful, and I love it!

Celebrating 12 Years!

Happy Anniversary!
To celebrate our twelfth anniversary, Chris and I went to a KU game (vs. Temple) and then on to Kansas City where we stayed at Crown Center. It is always a treat to go there during the Christmas season because of the beautiful decorations.

Here are the championship trophies in the KU trophy case.

Here were some of the lights. They were so pretty!

Decorating Christmas Cookies

The kids loved decorating the sugar cookies for Christmas.