I think that Christmas time is the most wonderful time of the year - hectic, yes - but really just wonderful! We had a great Christmas this year and got to spend some great family time with each side of the family and even see some friends!
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holiday really got started on Saturday morning. We had our own Christmas at our house before heading up the mountain to Show Low. Brenna was very excited to see that Santa had eaten the cookies/milk that we left out and that he left her some gifts. The first words out of her mouth were "Thank you Santa!" 
it was adorable. We proceeded to open the gifts and then got packed up and headed out. We arrived at Grandma and Papaw Pearson's house and spend the afternoon making cookies and decorating the small tree planted just for Brenna out in the front yard. That night, Aunt Jamie and Uncle Josh arrived and we enjoyed dinner and some games with them. The next morning, we headed over to Grandma and Pepaw Harvey's house. 
We had quite the adventure as we went out into the woods to cut down a Christmas tree! We all had some new snow boots to wear (we didn't have any living in the desert) and it made the trip that much more exciting. In fact, the boots were such a hit for Brenna, that was all she wore the entire weekend. It was the first time cutting a tree for Brenna and me - although it was cold, it was fun. 
We found a good one, cut it down, had some lunch and then headed back home. The next day we visited our friends Mark and then the Penrod family. We went back home and watched some movies, and painted cookies. Brenna didn't make the most attractive cookies, but she had a blast! That night (Christmas Eve) we enjoyed a great meal and then heard the sleigh bells and sure enough, Santa had come. Brenna said "thank you Santa" after seeing each gift and really seemed to enjoy 
watching everyone else open gifts too. After gifts, she conked out fast, but the adults stayed up and watched more movies. Early the next morning, we loaded up and headed back to the Pearson house. We opened more presents (Santa found us 3 times!) with the family and played the rest of the day. Brenna even got to practice cooking now that she had a new kitchen! It was nice and relaxing to hang out and play with new toys. That night, we drove around the town to look at all the pretty lights on houses and in the city park. Wednesday we made the trip back home, stopping for a visit with Grandad and Aunt Sandy (and some great Globe mexican food). Then it was back to our regularly scheduled programming of work and daycare. We had a very magical Christmas seeing things through the eyes of our baby and loved every minute of it! Stay tuned for tales from new years eve.
holiday really got started on Saturday morning. We had our own Christmas at our house before heading up the mountain to Show Low. Brenna was very excited to see that Santa had eaten the cookies/milk that we left out and that he left her some gifts. The first words out of her mouth were "Thank you Santa!" 
it was adorable. We proceeded to open the gifts and then got packed up and headed out. We arrived at Grandma and Papaw Pearson's house and spend the afternoon making cookies and decorating the small tree planted just for Brenna out in the front yard. That night, Aunt Jamie and Uncle Josh arrived and we enjoyed dinner and some games with them. The next morning, we headed over to Grandma and Pepaw Harvey's house. 
We had quite the adventure as we went out into the woods to cut down a Christmas tree! We all had some new snow boots to wear (we didn't have any living in the desert) and it made the trip that much more exciting. In fact, the boots were such a hit for Brenna, that was all she wore the entire weekend. It was the first time cutting a tree for Brenna and me - although it was cold, it was fun. 
We found a good one, cut it down, had some lunch and then headed back home. The next day we visited our friends Mark and then the Penrod family. We went back home and watched some movies, and painted cookies. Brenna didn't make the most attractive cookies, but she had a blast! That night (Christmas Eve) we enjoyed a great meal and then heard the sleigh bells and sure enough, Santa had come. Brenna said "thank you Santa" after seeing each gift and really seemed to enjoy 
watching everyone else open gifts too. After gifts, she conked out fast, but the adults stayed up and watched more movies. Early the next morning, we loaded up and headed back to the Pearson house. We opened more presents (Santa found us 3 times!) with the family and played the rest of the day. Brenna even got to practice cooking now that she had a new kitchen! It was nice and relaxing to hang out and play with new toys. That night, we drove around the town to look at all the pretty lights on houses and in the city park. Wednesday we made the trip back home, stopping for a visit with Grandad and Aunt Sandy (and some great Globe mexican food). Then it was back to our regularly scheduled programming of work and daycare. We had a very magical Christmas seeing things through the eyes of our baby and loved every minute of it! Stay tuned for tales from new years eve. 
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Happy New Year! It sounds like everyone had a great Christmas and holiday season. Our was busy too. I agree...this year was really fun because Nathan is old enough to enjoy it too.
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