Rachel had some good snuggles with Grandma while we were down there. I think every morning when she saw her she would say, "It's grandma Anson!" Grandpa was fixing something under the table one night and Rachel went over to keep him company. It was super cute! And she just loved telling him "I love you grandpa Anson!"
This year I was brave enough to go shopping on Friday with Amy. (sorry no pictures, I think most of you know or heard what that was like.) It wasn't as bad as some horror stories I've heard. Maybe that's because we went at like 9 am and the fact that we didn't have kids probably helped the scenario. I don't know if I'll make it a 'tradition' but I sure did get some good deals...check back in a year to see if I braved the crowds again. The decorating process for Christmas began while we were down there. Here is a little clip of the cousins decorating grandma and grandpas tree.
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When we got home on Saturday we decorated our house for Christmas. Rachel had so much fun helping daddy put the tree together and was literally underfoot while he tried to put the lights on. She had tons of fun putting the "furry puppets" on the tree. That's what she called the ornaments. We think that came about from putting the soft ornaments on grandmas tree. "Furry Puppets" aint that cute? 
Here is my cute Benjamin boy next to a snowman 'pillow' I made the first year we were married.
Here is our tree this year. The fifth stocking up there is not to make ANOTHER announcment, it's there because my mom is joining us this year for Christmas. We are sooo very excited to have her come out....only 3 more weeks!
5 comments:
Whew you have been one busy lady. I loved the birthday cake and the videos. Rachel is so funny, she was so proud of herself for putting the ornament on the tree. Benjamin is ofcourse a doll as well. Way to be on top of things and get your decorating done!
Aw, come on, Benjamin's already five months old!! You'd better get a move on! J/K.
I love your decorations! How fun to have a real house with real furniture and a real christmas tree...
Happy Birthday, Marc! This is the first time in quite a few years when we haven't been there to celebrate all of our birthdays. We'll have to do something white elephantish when we come...
It looks like we're going to be staying in Logan when we come after New Year's, so the party might have to be at Gordon and Kristi's...We'd love to have it at your house, but we don't know how much time we'll have to spend in Ogden! We are so excited to see you guys! Emma keeps talking about Rachel and how she can't wait to see how big she is. I'm excited to let Grant and Benjamin get to know each other--pull each other's hair, poke one another in the face, etc, etc. Fun, fun!!
Don't worry about being in primary, you'll do fine! I miss the kids in that primary almost as much as I'd miss my own kids....well, maybe not that much, but ya know what I mean. Every time I have to go to RS, I cringe a little inside! What happened to Amy? Did they move or did she just get a new calling?
We're still hoping to come to church in Ogden. We'll spend the weekend after new years in Logan, so the party up there will probably be on Saturday, and go to church in Ogden on Sunday, so maybe we can do something at your place after church! I'm all for as many parties as we can get in!
Oh you guys will have so much fun with the two of them this xmas!
So much fun! I love Christmas time. What a joy to be around family, you guys are so lucky!
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