Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Christmas of 2008!!!

For Christmas, we spent a week and a half in Utah! We had SO much fun! We split the time we were there with the Kims and the Ashtons; we loved seeing everyone we miss so much!






After sitting on Santa's lap, Nana treated Andrew and Carolyn to a little bus ride.
We went out with Grandma one of the days; as you can see, everyone loves taking care of Angela.
The two Carolyns had a fun time building a gingerbread house!

I think Carolyn's favorite part was "frosting the house" :)




Carolyn got to reunite with her good bud, Jax!
Jax just loves "baby Angela."
Angela and Aunt Michelley.
One of the days we were out there, Uncle Johnny took Jaxon and Carolyn sledding. Carolyn absolutely LOVED it!!






We spent Christmas Eve at the Ashtons. One Ashton tradition is the Christmas Eve Program where everyone shares a talent. Carolyn's talents were singing ABCs with Jaxon and sharing the nativity story with Daddy.
Angela's First Christmas! What a sweety!


We spent Christmas at Ponka and Nana's house. We were happy that Phil and Misty were there as well! We had so much fun getting to know Tyler better! He is such a cutie and the most friendly little person I know! He loves to say "hi" to everyone and all of the time! We had a lot of fun with him!



Tyler was so cute with Angela...
Santa Came!
For Christmas, Santa brought Angela a busy ball popper. Aparently, this is all he needed to bring :) Tyler and Carolyn played with it for a long time before we could talk them into looking at their own gifts.
Our little puzzle girl got a lot of puzzles for Christmas - which is perfect because this is what we spend a large majority of our time doing every day! She can do 63 piece puzzles all by herself and we are working on doing a 100 piece puzzle now! Everyone really showered us with gifts; thank you! THANK YOU!

After the girls went to bed, Andrew and Chantal pulled out the puzzles Carolyn got for Christmas....I can't tell you how funny it was to walk in on them doing a little tinkerbell puzzle together...

The last day we were there, Carolyn got to visit BYU's Bean museum- one of the many things we really miss about living in Provo! Here are the kids acting like the alligater they see.

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Andrea Visits!

The week before we left for Utah to celebrate Christmas, my sister, Andrea, came to visit! We had SO much fun with her! We played (Carolyn just LOVES Andrea; she wouldn't let me do anything for her - Andrea had to do it!), did some Christmas shopping, watched movies, hung out, etc. It was so much fun! Andrea and Carolyn snuggling while watching a movie. Both Carolyn and Angela LOVE snuggles. If Carolyn wants you to snuggle with her, she'll say, "snuggle me." It's cute; I love snuggling with my girls and I think Andrea liked it too when she visited.
Making some Christmas sugar cookies....


Maybe the cookies didn't turn out tasting so good.....

We love Aunt Andrea!

Splish! Splash!

Before Angela came along, Carolyn was not a huge fan of bathtime. Now that she gets a little cute Angela to play with, it's hard getting her out of the tub.