Christmas 2011

Brig had his ankle surgery the day before my last final. Which means I didnt study for my last final…no worries I passed (barely!) I have seriously been enjoying my break so much. Poor Brig is getting a little sick of laying on the couch all day. Luckily we have had some fun parties and family events to break up the days! Oh and don’t worry, our insurance covered an awesome scooter that Brig can use instead of crutches. Maddix calls it “dada’s bike”. We have been staying very busy..family parties, friend parties, Bass Pro Shop, hair cuts from Reagan, family pictures, Christmas lights, cleaning the house (finally), lots of walks, hanging out with my sister Melanie who was visiting from Boston!, two Last Chance trips, hiking camelback, taking care of Brig, legos, baking, eating, and eating some more.
When we got home from our Christmas Eve party at my sister in law’s house, Maddix opened his new pajamas. He loves the dogs and footballs on them :) Christmas morning we woke up at 6 to open gifts. Yes, we are little kids. Maddix loved his new bike and 4 wheeler he got for Christmas! Our amazing neighbors gave us their 4 wheeler that their kids are too old for. They are seriously the nicest people ever! Brig opened his GPS that I surprised him with. And I didnt open anything because I spent all my money that Brig gave me for Christmas, BEFORE Christmas at Last Chance :) Dont worry, it was definitely well spent! On Christmas morning we went to church with Brig’s parents and then to their house for breakfast and to watch them open their gifts. The rest of the day was spent at my Grandma’s for lunch, some nap time in the afternoon, and then to my parents for game night with the neighbors. Oh, and I guess I lied above because I opened plenty of gifts from Grandma and got plenty of other amazing things from my parents and Brig’s parents :) They were all so generous. It was really neat having Christmas on a Sunday. It felt great to start the day off with church in the morning listening to music about our Savior. It helped set the mood for the day. It was a perfect Christmas.
Today I took Maddix to Freestone park to feed the ducks. He loved it. Then I pushed him around the park on his new bike. It was so fun to have a little date with my little man. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas like we did!
       

Merry Christmas

one of my absolute favorite days of the year.

last night we had a wonderful christmas eve party at the ferrins. lots of delicious food! grandma leavitts homemade tamales, chimichangas, nachos, and grandma leavitts delicious carmels. we had a very entertaining talent show that included all of the kids singing or playing the piano. they are too cute. i wish i got some pictures! then of course, we had the gift exchange which is always a plus :)

this morning we woke up at 6:30..am. earlier than maddix! mostly for brigham. he could not wait to have me open up my gifts that he got me {and he was secretly..or not secretly..excited for his ipod touch that santa got him}

lets just say that i got spoiled again this year.. i must have been a good girl :)

brig got an ipod touch, church socks & athletic socks {since ALL of his have holes in them}, of course some new bball shorts, itunes gift card from brother in law, and money.

i got a flip video camera, an amazing nice cream jacket, gorgeous miss me jeans {picked out by brigham himself..impressive!}, money from family, forever 21 gift card from brother in law, an automatic ice cream/sorbet/frozen yogurt maker from my g-ma, and a bread maker from my madre & padre! :)

maddix got shoes and jeans, baseball and elmo toy from tate, money from grandparents, and pushing toy from grandma. he was not even interested in the wrapping paper! he was actually scared of it…

we went to breakfast at the weights and then visited family at the porters.

wonderful day!

   

i am so grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ. i know that he lives and loves us so much. i hope that we can all make Him the center of our lives and work on following his amazing example a little more this coming year.

M E R R Y  C H R I S T M A S ! ! !

love, us

p.s. here is our Christmas card, if you didnt get one in the mail or see it on facebook..here it is :)