Christmas and New Years

We spent our Christmas Eve with the Teachout side.  We went over to Jackie and Christian's house for lunch and then played all afternoon.  They always have tamales, per tradition, and we had lots of other yummy sides and dessert as well.  It was a beautiful sunny day and the kids had a blast playing outside.  It was nice to get together early, because we were able to come home, put out our cookies and milk for santa, and the kids went to bed by 7:30pm@  We enjoyed our quiet Christmas Eve night at home!  

We were up bright and early to open our Christmas gifts, but only because we had to make it to church by 9am!  Camden loved opening all of his gifts and after opening a couple and not finding a sword, he was getting a little worried that he didn't get one.  When he finally got it he was so happy!  It was definitely his favorite gift.  He loved opening the presents and tried to open all of Sienna's as well.  He got his ninja turtle sword, a leappad learning tablet, Tracker from Paw Patrol, some legos, a walking dog, bumblebee transformer and Mel from The Secret Life of Pets.  Sienna loved opening her gifts, when Camden would let her!  She got a rolling skating Minnie, shopping cart with food and dishes, Palace Pet figurines, Mickey and Minnie Figurines, lemonade set that is kinda like a tea set, toy vacuum and Gidget from The Secret life of Pets.  They had a great Christmas! 

Santa ate almost all of our cookies! ;)

These delicious looking cinnamon rolls were a big flop!  I tried a new recipe to make overnight ones, and thought they were going to be great, but they turned out dry and not enough cinnamon in the middle.  So disappointing!!

It is seriously impossible to get a picture of them together...I don't even care if they are smiling, if the would just stand by each other! Haha

We had brunch after church at the Kinnison's.  We had yummy breakfast sandwiches, fruit and apple cake...good thing there was lots of yummy food, since my cinnamon rolls didn't work out!

We spent Christmas night with the Clark's!  We had our traditional Christmas dinner: ham, potatoes, green beans, rolls, fruit, chips and salsa, and desserts!  It was really yummy.  I must have not taken any other pictures with them, but we played Christmas bingo and loved hanging out with them!

We spent our New Year's Eve with the Teachout side.  Christian and Jackie always do sparklers and fireworks.  We also had yummy food, but the highlight of the night was the fireworks!  Camden loved the sparklers and throwing the little poppers.  He also loves the big ones and always wants more.  Sienna was not a fan of any of them again this year, but I'm sure that will change as she gets older!  Here's to a new year and new adventures with these kiddos!

December Fun

Her favorite way to watch shows!

She woke up earlier than normal one morning, and was only up for about an hour before she needed to take another nap!  It only lasted for about 5 mins, but I thought it was funny she got on the couch and sat there to fall asleep!

Sienna had an unfortunate accident with the corner of the wall.  She fell right into it and got a big goose egg on her head!  I felt so bad for her, but she handled it pretty well!

We announced that we are adding another sweet baby to our family!  We are so happy to be able to have another one, and can't wait to find out what it is!  I think the baby looks like a little gummy bear :), they even said it is the size of one! 

Our ward Christmas party had Santa!  Sienna was not thrilled to sit on his lap...and she was terrified because he was in the nursery room and she is not a fan of nursery.  She was crying before she even saw him!  Camden on the other hand, didn't mind sitting there and was even able to tell him that he wants a sword for Christmas.  Success!

Camden had a blast decorating our gingerbread house!

The finished product!

Just reading her book!

We decorated cookies with our Teachout cousins.  Camden loved rolling out the dough and cutting out shapes.  Of course, when they were done he also loved frosting them and eating them!

I was 15 weeks on December 22nd.  This pregnancy has been a lot like Siennas.  I have been nauseous a lot and haven't been able to eat a lot of things, but I have had a sweet tooth again.  I never threw up, but was sick from about 8 weeks on.  I did have diarrhea for about 2 1/2 weeks as well...which was horrible.  Sometimes I still get nauseous, but it is getting better.  I have also been extremely tired, but I feel like I am bouncing back a little and getting more energy each day.  We get to find out what this baby is in about a month!  We are excited!

Eric and I were able to attend the temple one Saturday morning and do sealings.  It was a beautiful day, and I am thankful that we live close enough to go often.