Christmas morning was wonderful and totally different this year as it was the first time we were traveling ON Christmas day. It was a busy week making sure we got everything done beforehand but come Christmas morning, we had the car packed and just got to enjoy the morning, opening presents, eating breakfast, and trying out some of the new toys. It also happened to be a really nice day after raining all week and Mia and Maddi got to try out some of their outdoor toys for awhile before we packed up the last few things, and headed off around noon for St. George! Our final destination was Salt Lake to be there for Lance's Family Reunion.
I love the classic "Line up in age order on the stairs picture!" 
Ella and I were BOTH excited about the color wonder markers Santa put in her stocking...she can finally get her hands on real markers and I don't have to worry about where she is going to draw with them! :)
Eating a little breakfast and reading a few books
Maddi couldn't bring herself to come downstairs in JUST her pajamas and we tried to explain how it's not Christmas if you don't open presents in your jammies, so she compromised and just threw a skirt OVER the jammies.
I also love this Helmet picture because it brings back childhood memories. My youngest sister Jill just LOVED her helmet....all five of us were actually really excited the day my Dad brought home those awesome fluorescent colored things....but Jill would NEVER take hers off. We even have pictures of her sleeping in it. So I thought it was pretty cute that Maddi was so excited about HER helmet that she just carried on with all her playing still wearing it.
Dressing up!
First Baby Doll!
And...on the road
The sunglasses just get bigger and bigger. I asked Lance for "bigger" sunglasses this year and WOW these definitely fit the bill...but after trying them on...we decided bigger was not really better in my case! We exchanged them for some more appropriately sized ones. :) haha They did provide really good coverage though...I will say that!
1 comment:
1. Maddi looks so old and skinny! She's just stretched out and is atotal "big girl" now. None of that baby chub sticking around.
2. I am pretty sure we could find identical pictures of us little girls to the one of Maddi in the Sunglasses...total flash back for me. And, we were probably riding in a van wearing them too!
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