We spent our Christmas Vacation in Utah with our families. We had a great time!
Susie decorating sugar cookies with her Bestamor. Sprinkles galore!!!
Dave, Susie, and I visited my dear brother Aaron's grave on Christmas Eve. There is a peaceful feeling there. Dave said a beautiful prayer at the site, then we left a lit lantern on the headstone, and a heart ornament on the Christmas tree my parents had placed by the grave. We missed him deeply during the holiday's (as always), but my heart is just full of gratitude that he was and is my brother. Love you, Aaron.
Lennon by the tree... had to keep my eyes on this one. Oh, how he loved to UN-ornament the tree!
Christmas Eve 
Sister Sadie Joy, me, and my Mamma Mia!
The cousins gathering around for the Nativity story.
Grace holding Lennon.
Susie, the wise man.
Nick, Lennon, and Christa.
Grandpa holding Lennon, Sadie and Ava.
Susie and Dave performed "Must be Santa" together. It was DARLING!
Dave dressed-up as Santa... love the square chest and SUPER curly hair!
Susie didn't realize that it was her own dad....
.... Lennon didn't realize it was his own dad either! Poor guy, he was scared to death!
Christmas Morning
Lennon and Susie excited to see what Santa left under the tree!
Digging through the goods in the stockings!
Susie trying on her new fancy dress-ups.
... I think she likes her new attire! :)
Christmas Day
We spent Christmas afternoon and night at Grandma Dorothy's house.
Jak loving his new Hulk-hands!
Dorothy, Scott, Mal, and baby Siena (poor girl was sick the whole night!).
Quincy and Sus so nicely sharing their new Christmas toys. They played so well together!
Grandma Dorothy took us to a Dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point some time after Christmas. Susie loved it! Here she is posing next to her new Dino friend.
My parents hosted a New Year's Day Party for all the Grand-kids. Here are most of the Grand-kids huddled near Bestemor... they all adore her!
Pearl showing Lennon her raspberry fingers.
Lennon pushing Aaron Jr. on the trike, while Sophie tries to stop them.
Bestemor and Grandpa gave all the kids a little piggy bank to paint and decorate. The kids loved their art project! Just look at this messy fun!
After the kids piggy banks were all decorated, they played "JINGO" (Bingo with a Christmas twist) where they earned some coins to go into their piggy bank each time they filled up a row on their boards. (This picture of Susie just makes me laugh... she put these foam stickers on her face and would not take them off!)
Susie decorating sugar cookies with her Bestamor. Sprinkles galore!!!
Dave, Susie, and I visited my dear brother Aaron's grave on Christmas Eve. There is a peaceful feeling there. Dave said a beautiful prayer at the site, then we left a lit lantern on the headstone, and a heart ornament on the Christmas tree my parents had placed by the grave. We missed him deeply during the holiday's (as always), but my heart is just full of gratitude that he was and is my brother. Love you, Aaron. 
Lennon by the tree... had to keep my eyes on this one. Oh, how he loved to UN-ornament the tree!
Christmas Eve Sister Sadie Joy, me, and my Mamma Mia!
The cousins gathering around for the Nativity story. Grace holding Lennon.
Susie, the wise man.
Nick, Lennon, and Christa.
Grandpa holding Lennon, Sadie and Ava.
Susie and Dave performed "Must be Santa" together. It was DARLING!Dave dressed-up as Santa... love the square chest and SUPER curly hair!
Susie didn't realize that it was her own dad....
.... Lennon didn't realize it was his own dad either! Poor guy, he was scared to death!Christmas Morning
Lennon and Susie excited to see what Santa left under the tree!
Digging through the goods in the stockings!
Susie trying on her new fancy dress-ups.
... I think she likes her new attire! :)Christmas Day
We spent Christmas afternoon and night at Grandma Dorothy's house. 
Jak loving his new Hulk-hands!
Dorothy, Scott, Mal, and baby Siena (poor girl was sick the whole night!).
Quincy and Sus so nicely sharing their new Christmas toys. They played so well together!
Grandma Dorothy took us to a Dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point some time after Christmas. Susie loved it! Here she is posing next to her new Dino friend.
My parents hosted a New Year's Day Party for all the Grand-kids. Here are most of the Grand-kids huddled near Bestemor... they all adore her!
Pearl showing Lennon her raspberry fingers.
Lennon pushing Aaron Jr. on the trike, while Sophie tries to stop them.
Bestemor and Grandpa gave all the kids a little piggy bank to paint and decorate. The kids loved their art project! Just look at this messy fun!
After the kids piggy banks were all decorated, they played "JINGO" (Bingo with a Christmas twist) where they earned some coins to go into their piggy bank each time they filled up a row on their boards. (This picture of Susie just makes me laugh... she put these foam stickers on her face and would not take them off!)We had a great time (as always) with our families over the Holidays... time flew by! Love to you all, from Chicago!
2 comments:
I'm amazed Susie didn't recognize Dave as Santa- he must have had a great Santa voice! And yes, I love the pillow chest/stomach.
It looks like Susie had a great time with her cousins.
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