Saturday, December 31, 2011

Texas Trip Part 5: Christmas

We spent Christmas day at Jason and Mindi's house.
Christmas morning, we woke up and opened our stockings and stocking gifts...

"Yay! Trains!" (Grace LOVES playing with cars; they're one of her favorite toys.)

Opening her chapstick (she also LOVES "lips" (chapstick), and applies it daily. :) Jenny was very happy that she no longer has to share hers now.)

Santa gave Grace a new hair brush too (she enjoys brushing and combing hers and other's hair as well):

Travis inspecting his stocking:

And Grace checking out daddy's candy :)

Bethany's first Christmas!

Grace helped Bethany open her stocking presents:

"Rubber duckie, you're the one..."

After we opened our stockings, we had a yummy breakfast of Mindi's cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate, then got ready for Church. It was a very special sacrament meeting; we got to listen to Jason give a talk and Mindi sing in a beautiful duet, then visit with the sweet members of their branch.
After Church, we ate lasagna, then opened tree gifts.
"I got worms" (for Travis; we giggle every time we say that ;)):

Bethany gave Grace a beanie baby horse:

Travis gave me a new game, which we played later on with Jason and Mindi. Super fun!



Travis also gave me a Kindle Fire e-reader. I was SO happy!! Thanks again love!

And since we couldn't bring it to Texas, after we got home, Grace opened her big Christmas gift: an art table. Grace's all-time favorite activity is coloring. She does it several times every day, and when I saw this table on Craigslist for only $10, I had to get it for her. (We threw in some new crayons, pencils, and coloring books that we got on sale too for some added fun :) .)
As you can tell, it was a big hit, and she now colors at it every day.
It was a wonderful Christmas!

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