Cute kids all dressed up

The kids looked so cute for church today. Sabree and Jaylee got new matching dresses for Christmas and Oliver got a shirt and tie that matched their dresses. The girls looked beautiful and of course Oliver looked handsome.

My precious little babies!

Christmas at Home

Christmas Eve Pictures!


This Christmas was by far my favorite Christmas Eve/Christmas. On Christmas Eve we went to the annual Kanosh Christmas program. It was really good. They read the Nativity story from the scriptures and the Primary children sang Christmas songs throughout the program. At the end Sabree, Luke and I sang the Nativity Song from the Primary Children's Song Book. We all sang the 1st and 3rd verse together, Sabree sang the 2nd and 4th verse alone and on the 5th verse Luke and I sang the 1st two lines and Sabree ended with the last two lines. She was incredible. There were very few dry eyes in the audience. Her voice was so sweet! I was so proud of her. After the spiritual part of the program Santa Clause came. After sitting on his lap we came home, played games as a family then emptied Christ's stocking and read all the acts of service that we performed throughout the month. After reading scriptures the kids went to bed, Luke and I played more games, wrapped presents and of course didn't make it to bed until about 1:00 a.m. The kids were up by about 6:00 and sent back to bed until about 6:45.

Christmas morning was perfect. The kids absolutely loved their gifts. I really enjoyed only having three gifts for each child. They really appreciated the gifts and actually spent time playing with all of them instead of being overwhelmed with gifts! It was great! Here are some pictures of the kiddos!

I made pajama bottoms for the kids. Cute girls!

Thank You Grandma and Grandpa Adams!

There is nothing more fun then 6 kids under the age of 6 opening presents on Christmas! We spent Christmas afternoon at Luke's parents house. Bart and Lorna's girls are the exact ages of our kids and they all have so much fun together. There were lots of presents!!! The kids all got pajama's which they loved! Sabree got High School Musical p.j.'s. When she opened them she was trying to get my attention to show me her p.j.'s so she said, "Mom, Hello!" It sounded like she was in high school! Jaylee's p.j.'s have a cat on them. She stood in front of the mirror (our closet door is a mirror) for a long time giggling and signing cat. It was really cute! Oliver wanted Power Rangers and Hulk from Santa. Santa brought him Power Rangers but after he opened all his presents at our house he said, "Where's my Hulk?". We had to explain to him that we don't always get everything that we want. Of course we knew that Grandma and Grandpa Adams had gotten him a Hulk toy that moves and makes sounds so we were excited for him to open it. Today his Hulk and Buzz have been having wars!

These are the p.j.'s with the cat (on the opposite side). She's even signing cat!

She's on the phone! My teenager in a 6 year old body!

Thank you so much for all the gifts Grandma and Grandpa! We love them all. Luke and I really appreciate the gift you gave us too. Food Storage is exactly what we need right now! We love you guys!

Merry Christmas Grandma & Grandpa Oliver

Wow! Thank you so much for all the Christmas presents! The kids are having a blast! Sabree loves Gabriella and Troy and Oliver has not stopped playing with the Batman remote control cars. They are great! Jaylee starting opening the Noah's Arc present and before she had it completely unwrapped she saw one of the animals and started signing dog and horse and cow! I had to finish unwrapping it because she was so busy signing! They love the presents! Thank you so much.



Luke and I have been working really hard to get all of our food storage. Thank you Mom and Dad for the food storage and he water container!

Noah's Arc toys. She stood in a box for 10 minutes and played with the animals. It was really funny!

This is Gabriella barbie from High School Musical she also got Troy!

Batman cars. He's been playing with them all morning!

ONLY IN KANOSH

During this time of year a lot of people in Utah look out in their yards and see deer. It's such an exciting part of winter to watch the deer as they come down from the mountains. In Kanosh, however, we look out in our yard and see stray cows! No joke! Today after church we looked out our front yard and saw a cow hanging out on our snowy lawn. It was hilarious. I ran to grab the camera but it took off. I love this little town!

Spreading Christmas Joy

We went Christmas caroling tonight with about 25 people. It was so much fun! We sang to 6 different homes and even brought tears to some of the recipients eyes. We must have great voices! It really felt great to visit some of people in town that really appreciated the company. I felt like we were serving the Lord. This time of the year is a constant reminder of the opportunity we have to give to others through service. I hope that everyone has a very Merry Christmas and spread the love and joy with all of those around us!

Rudolph and Dancer

Sabree made these cute antlers at school and the kids played with it for over an hour. The question is, why do we spend so much money on expensive toys that go untouched when they're more than content with 10 cent antlers?

This is Rudolph the Green Nose Reindeer!
This is our reindeer, Dancer!

Look Alikes!

These are my two little girls. They look quite a bit alike. I thought it would be fun to put them in similar outfits and the same hair and compare their pictures. Cute little girls!

This is Sabree at 16 months old.


This is Jaylee at 13 1/2 months old.

Sippy the Snowman!

This is Sippy the Snowman. We built him today. The kids just can't get enough of the snow. There really isn't much but we have to play in it the minute Sabree gets home from school. They are so cute and we had a really good time together. (By the way, that is a baby carrot and chocolate chips for the eyes...don't laugh at our huge snowman!)

It was cold outside so I had to take advantage of my cute scarf (thanks Lindsay...I miss you!)

Best Christmas Season!

This Christmas season has been the best for our family so far. We have implemented (or have been more consistent this year) some family traditions that have turned out to be a hit for the kids. Our first Family Home Evening of the month we talked about how Jesus Christ received three present from the Wise Men. We discussed how important Jesus Christ is in our lives and decided that we wanted to focus our Christmas season on giving gifts to Christ rather than receiving gifts from others and from Santa. We came up with 25 acts of service that we would perform until Christmas day. Each day we perform our service, then we put the piece of paper in a stocking for Christ. On Christmas day (or Christmas Eve) we will pull out all of the pieces of paper from Christ's stocking and see how much service we were able to give. The kids have loved this activity and it has really been fun to see them get excited about serving others. So far we have baked cookies for others, written letters to missionaries, cleaned others rooms without being asked...etc.

Christ's stocking is the white one in the middle.

I made breakfast in bed for the kids. This was my service to them. They were in heaven!!!

I really enjoyed the Christmas devotional this past Sunday. President Uchtdorf talked about how many families are cutting back on holiday spending because of the financial crisis that our country is facing. He said that this could be a blessing in disguise. It gives us the opportunity to focus on the true meaning of Christmas and teach this to our children. This year we are giving each of our kids only 3 gifts just as Christ received 3 gifts. This year our kids will get a gift of meaning (scriptures, something homemade, something with meaning or from the heart), a gift of need (coat, clothes, gloves, etc.), and a gift of want (toy). We have discussed this idea with the kids and they are really excited to focus on giving to others and Christ through service, rather than getting lots of toys and presents. (thanks Lindsay for the idea). I hope that this Christmas season we can all try to find ways to bring happiness and love to others and make Christ our focus. These are just some of the ways our family has chosen to do this. I would love to hear your ideas as well.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!!! We love you all!

SNOW DAY!!!

I can't believe it's the second week in December and we just had our first real snow day yesterday! The kids were so excited. I got out all of the snow gear and they headed outside to build a snowman with the thin layer of snow on the ground. Of course, they had to have a carrot for the nose! When they were almost frozen solid they decided to come in for snacks, hot chocolate and extra warm air next to the space heater. They had a great time!

Believe it or not, they did make a snowman that was about 1 foot tall!

Jaylee watched the kids from the window. She laughed and played at that window for almost 30 min. Who knew that a window could be so much fun!

Oliver came inside after a couple minutes of playing and said he needed the goggles to keep the snow from going in his eyes! CUTE!