A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

Just a belated little holiday post. I am getting really bad about taking pictures, but here a few to highlight some of my favorite parts of our Christmas:


The kids were very good about letting us sleep in. On Christmas Eve, Paige came out of her room with her alarm clock and asked me how to set it. I told her there was no way I was going to let her set it......then when I went in to check on the kids before I headed off to bed I noticed that the alarm in Porter and Ben's room was set. It was dark in their room and I wasn't sure how to check what time they had it set for, but I gave an evil little chuckle and immediately went to shut it off!!!! The next morning Porter told me it had been set for 7:35, so I guess I wasn't able to foil any of their early morning plans after all seeing as how we were all up by 7:45 anyway.

My sister Kelley made and was selling the cutest aprons for Christmas gifts this year, and Paige just makes the cutest little model in hers. I didn't get any pictures of Christmas day with my family. My dad had hip replacement surgery the Monday before Christmas, so we just spent a very quiet day at my parent's eating and visiting. We also had a very nice day with Matt's family at his parent's house in Iowa. Porter was very excited to get to try out his cousin's snowboard. Matt gave it a try too. My kids (and yes, I am including Matt in that phrase) had hours and hours of fun with their new toy from Uncle Paul and Aunt Amy. I had two whole weeks off from babysitting, so we really just got to spend lots of time together as a family. I loved coming downstairs one morning and finding Porter and Ben snuggled up together in the chair. Spending time with family is definitely my favorite part of the holidays.