I love phone pictures because they show more spontaneous snapshots of our life since I pretty much always have my phone nearby. So here are some of our December snapshots.
Driving to the zoo the girls fell asleep in the car holding hands. I love that they love each other so much.
Brinley drew this adorable picture of herself, Santa, and Sneaky, our elf on the shelf. I love that she included the elf, and her pigtail antennae. So cute!
I got to sing in a Stake Christmas musical fireside/sing a long so I brought Teya with me on a special Mommy daughter date and she loved it. Sweet girl belted her heart out during the Alleluia chorus. I think we may have another singer in the family.
My kids really love to dress up.
Sometimes they have dress ups on before they've even changed out of their pajamas.
You can't really blame Cam for wanting to join them. (although I should probably invest in some superhero dress ups so he has more options besides princess and a fairy.)
One Sunday Brinley saw me curling my hair so she asked me to do hers too. Twinners!
A few days before Christmas I told they kids if they cleaned they playroom they could open one of their Christmas presents. They've never cleaned it so fast or so well AND they treasured and played with those bears all day, which the wouldn't have done had they opened them with everything else on Christmas. Best bribe ever.
Window shopping at Petsmart. Keeps the kids entertained and out of the cold. and it's free!
Cam building an epic tower with two of his favorite things, blocks and Brinley.
We did A LOT of baking in December which contributed to an impressive 12 lb holiday gain for me. 12 lbs!! I think that's a record.
Did a cookie swap and white elephant gift exchange with the ladies in my neighborhood. Lots of fun and lots of yum.
Also discovered Grahams, the best candy/chocolate store in the world and ate lots and lots of chocolate.
Christmas eve shopping with my mini me.
Got to sub in primary and the kids were pretty excited about the nativity costumes I brought.
and Taber and I celebrated our 11 year anniversary with dinner and a movie date to see the Hobbit! Love him :)
6 comments:
Love these pictures! Especially the one of the girls holding hands! Do sweet!
I almost started crying when I saw the picture of the girls sleeping holding hands. I wish my kids loved each other like that.
Cam in the fairy costume is absolutely hilarious! He looks so happy proud of himself.
I really like the bribe idea too...I need to remember that!
Loving this post!
The girls holding hands... oh my goodness, MELT MY HEART!!! Maybe one day my girls will like each other that much too :)And BOY do you look sexy in that apron! It must have been made by some master craftswoman or something!
I love the phone pics. I just got an iPhone for Christmas, and that was pretty much the main reason I wanted it was to capture the little moments.
You never cease to amaze with with your super-mom-ness. It seriously looks like a non stop party full of fun at your house. I need to take quite a few pages from your book. ;)
I have been doing some serious blog-neglecting since before Christmas, and I've missed your sweet family! So fun to catch up on all your posts. That picture of your girls holding hands is what having a sister is all about - I need to show that to my girls whenever they are fighting. I love that they dress up all the time, too, and really, Cam is the cutest fairy princess I've ever seen. I can't handle Brinley getting so old and beautiful, because now I am starting to confuse her with Teya all the time and it messes me up. Awesome present bribe - Christmas is way better when it's stretched out over a longer period of time. The pet store picture reminded me of our poor student days in Provo - we used to walk down Center Street with our kids to the pet store all the time and spend hours there - I don't think they even realized that people buy pets there - they thought it was like a zoo, haha. I am impressed with Cam's tower-building skills. Also, I gained 5 pounds just looking at your treats and chocolate pictures. I could never be a dieter, because I dream about good treats too much. And I know I just set the world-record for longest comment ever, but I have to say congratulations on your anniversary! You guys are such a good example of a joyful and loving couple - I love the support that you give each other.
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