Visiting Santa...Not so Merry

Tonight we went to Bass Pro Shop to let the kids see Santa. We went with all of my family and in so doing we got there later then planned so there was a line but the guys took the kids around to look at everything while the girls stood in line. It went by pretty quickly and right as it was our turn to talk to the man himself Caleb decided to throw up all over the place! It got all over me, Mike, Caleb and splattered in Paige's hair and on Rory's shirt as well as on the floor obviously. Well I immediately took him into the bathroom where I tried to clean him off but Rory, Paige and my mom followed me so I sent my mom back with the girls because we didn't wait in line all this time not to get a picture! I stripped Caleb down and wiped myself off the best I could and went back out to meet the rest of our group. Needless to say we decided to forgo the temple lights and straight went home after that. My poor little guy, I was really hoping to get a picture of him with Santa this year, well maybe next year!

Christmas Card

I got Photoshop for Christmas a couple years ago and have been trying to learn how to use it since but I am happy to say that this is a custom Christmas card, thank you very much! The pictures are courtesy of Liz Farnsworth of Red Bucket Photography, she is amazing! Thank you again and again Liz! We may have to road trip it to TX for next years photo shoot! On here is may be hard to see but the arrows nest to Santa's list say naughty and nice, Mike's only request was to put something funny like that he has been naughty since 1978, he did make the naughty list but just with out the year, love you babe!

Preparing for CHRISTmas

With the holiday season upon us I am reminded of how easy it is to get caught up in it all and forget the true meaning of Christmas, CHRIST! In effort to keep my focus on my Savior I've been searching for different ideas we could do as a family. On another blog I follow she is doing a week long series on this very thing and is calling it The Seven Days of CHRISTmas. You should totally check it out, she has so many wonderful ideas! This video was also posted by a guest blogger and I got all choked up watching it, so I wanted to share that with you too. So if you have any great ideas on how to keep CHRIST in Christmas please pass them along. I hope it helps all of us remember the real reason for the season!!

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