A Very Merry Christmas

A few days after Thanksgiving,
I took Ellory to my friend, Ashley,
to get her hair cut.
And it turned out adorable:

Just a sweet little bob :)

And then, the unthinkable happened.
It snowed!
Like, legitimately.
EVERYTHING got cancelled for
3 days.
And we went out and played in it,
of course!

We built a snowman:

And had a snowball fight!

Kale made a snow angel:

And we used baking sheets to sled:

It made it feel like Christmas!

Last Christmas,
Tyler gave me a 1,000 piece
Star Wars puzzle.
And I finally finished it,
just a few days before Christmas!

It was awesome.

One day, the kids asked for a 

blanket fort.

So we delivered:

And then they watched

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 

inside it.

On Christmas Eve we went
to our friends', the Marsh's house for dinner.
Look at this ham she made:

It tasted as amazing as it looks!!
Kale and Ellory exchanged
gifts with Lyda and Emmy and Olive.

They gave Kale and Ellory these

really neat ornaments:

Kale and Ellory gave Lyda and Emmy

slippers.

Olive got a little toy that 

glows.

The kids played some more while

me and Tyler and Nathan and Amy

chatted and got dessert ready.

It was fun to spend Christmas Eve dinner with

such good friends!

Well, then we headed home

so we could open up our 

Christmas Eve pajama presents!

Yay for Christmas Eve pajamas!

We took a better picture than this,

but for some reason it won't upload.

Whatevs.

And then it was Christmas morning!!!

The kids opened up Santa presents first.

Ellory got a Doc McStuffins fold out couch,

and a blanket, and The Peanuts Movie,

and some Hersheys Kisses.

Kale got a Spider-Man fold out couch,

and an Avengers blanket, and 

Madagascar 1-3, and some Skittles.

And Owlette toy!!

Kale's haul:

Ellory's haul:

Then it was time for church!

I sang in the choir,

so Tyler got to take care of the kids alone.

Ellory wasn't happy that I was up front

and not with her.

Tyler had to take her out to the hallway.

I felt bad.

After church we went home,

got some new clothes on,

ate some leftovers,

and relaxed!

Just before bed we Skyped with Uncle Shane,

Aunt Realyn, Sadie and Allie.

We miss them so much!

Earlier in the day we Skyped with my family.

Everyone was in Iowa this year!

It sounded like they had a lot

of fun together.

I missed them lots!

Well, Santa's present is a big hit with

the kids.

The first thing they did the day after

Christmas was pick a movie

and cuddle up:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!