Silver Bells... It's Christmas Time!

We had a really fun Christmas this year. It seems like the more kids you add to the mix and the older they get, the more fun it can be. Dennis and I continued our tradition of making doughnuts on Christmas Eve. I was very pleased that some friends we took them to didn't believe they were actually homemade! We also spent the evening at said friends' house and then put the little kiddos to bed in anticipation of Santa coming.

Six dozen doughnuts... some with traditional vanilla glaze and some frosted in chocolate

After bedtime, Dennis and I stayed up until 1:30 or so wrapping presents and getting things all set up. Then, Andrew woke up with his very first tooth! Congratulations little guy... it only took 9 1/2 months.

Cuddling with Daddy and checking out what Santa brought

On Christmas morning, we did the typical opening of the presents. Even though it's just our little family we really enjoyed it. It's nice to have our own traditions! Sarah and Emma played all day with their new kitchen and some fun dress-up princess dolls. Andrew seemed to like his first Christmas. Daddy found some great John Deere stuff that even the girls were envious of!

The one downfall of the small family Christmas is how hard it is to get all the pictures I'd like to have. Here is one of the kids and I right before we started.

Just one last picture of our pre-Christmas activities. For Family Home Evening that week we dipped pretzel sticks in chocolate. They were scrumptious! I love Sarah giving the thumbs up sign. I do this to her sometimes when she's done a good job and now she even likes to "give me thumbs" like giving five, except with only the thumb. So funny!