Christmas at Home

We celebrated Christmas early this year, before Coral had to leave for Denver. We went to the temple, before we started our Christmas Eve festivities, to watch Coral sing in the stake Christmas choir. It was a great way to start off the night. When we got back, we played games, played songs on the piano/guitar, opened pajamas, and then Avery had a sleepover with Coral. She thought that was pretty cool. The next morning the kids actually slept in until 9:00! Avery was more into opening presents this year. If you can see in one of the pictures, Avery was so excited that she was half-way screaming, when she opened princess place mats from Grandma Sandi and Grandpa Paul. Mikaya followed her example and screamed with delight every time she opened one too. It was so fun to watch.


Christmas in Thousand Oaks






Mikaya fell asleep while I was holding her.


We went to Thousand Oaks to enjoy Christmas with my parents and my brother's family. Avery had fun playing with her cousins. We went on a beautiful hike and all the kids did great! We enjoyed delicious food and played games in the hotel room after the kids went to sleep. It was nice to see everyone, especially those we hadn't seen for awhile.