Other Christmas Fun

Okay, so now I have a bunch of random December pictures that I'm just going to post here for fun.... (These are all BEFORE Christmas -- crazy picture-takers that we are!) :) But we had a very fun Christmas Break this year!

Making a Gingerbread House...










Making Christmas Cookies...




















Our fun Christmas Eve with Grandma & Grandpa Haws!

And Brielle lost her tooth on Christmas Eve!! Yay!! (We've been waiting for that one to come out for a long time now!) She had a very memorable Christmas this year, as Santa AND the Tooth Fairy both visited her on the same night! :)

Our Albuquerque Trip!

So Jared has to go back to Albuquerque every month for his Reserves Weekend, and for his December weekend, the kids and I were able to join him! We turned it into a fun little family trip, and we all had a blast! Heidi was also able to go with us, which allowed me to go with Jared to his Reserves Christmas party! It was tons of fun... :)



One of the best parts of the trip was that it snowed for us!! The kids had been asking all December if it was going to snow (which of course is never likely here in Arizona now), and the first morning we were there in Albuquerque, it snowed just for us! It was perfect because the rest of the days we were there, the weather was nice and a lot warmer, letting us have that one fun day of playing in the snow, but also making it possible to play outside for the rest of the days without worrying about the troubles of snow the whole time! :)
This was Timothy's first real experience with snow... He was very intrigued! :)

These kids have an absolute blast with their awesome Aunt Heidi! It's so much fun having her around!! :)

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One of the days we were there, Heidi and I took the kids on a fun little walk, and we were having a little too much fun doing picture shoots! They found this cute little gazebo to play on -- which they decided was their "boat", and that was definitely a fun little memory from the trip.... :)

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Also, while we were there, we decided to do our own little nativity with them (since it was the Sunday before Christmas), and they loved that! (The bottle was the only way to get our little baby Jesus to stay put! And Colette way up high is supposed to be the angel!) :)

We got to stay in the temporary lodging there on the base, which is pretty much like a furnished little house, and the kids call it the "fun hotel"! They remembered it from when we stayed there during our move back in May.... Lots of fun memories! :)

December Stuff!

We just LOVE this time of year!! So many fun holiday things... :)

Merry Christmas to everyone (just in case I don't get on here again beforehand)... Hope you all have a wonderful one!! :)

Seeing the lights at the Mesa Temple with all of our awesome family there in Mesa!! (the kids' first time!)

Fun pictures with cousins at Grandma Brown's (now Stradling)'s Reception! We were so excited we got to be there for her wedding -- so excited for her!! ..... (Always have to include the silly pose!) :)

Decorating our Christmas Tree... It was Timothy's turn to put on the star this year -- which he was very much intrigued by and had fun with... :)

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Getting to see Santa at our Ward Party! (Colette & Timothy were too scared to actually sit on his lap!) :)