Christmas 2016

Christmas morning was magical and so perfect! We set up Santa stuff at the guest house so we woke up with our little family and had our own little Christmas morning. It was so relaxing compared to other years where we have been traveling, house-hopping between Salem and Mapleton, and just feeling a little more scattered. But this year was perfect! 

Kimbri was excited if you can't tell...

Garrett was super groggy and looked very tired still.

New pillows :) 

It was a VERY white Christmas. So much snow. Everywhere.

On our way home from church...
 the roads were crazy!

Brenna was very snuggly.

Hadley & Brenna
Uncle Zach in the background.

I love this little boy so much!

She was excited about her new dress. It was white
with silver sparkly speckles.
(I got it off the clearance rack at Mikarose)

Such a sweet and spunky little girl!

All throughout December, my mom had this
mini santa in the corner, and Brenna loved it.
She ran to see Santa every time we visited.

Uncle Zach gave Kimbri this mermaid tale blanket.

Our own little Queen Elsa. Gma & Gpa Haycock
gave Kimbri this outfit for Christmas.

They both wanted to sleep in their new tents.

And they continued sleeping in their tents for
a good couple weeks after Christmas too!
It was a good find on the Walmart clearance
shelves! Only $6 each!

Christmas Eve

Since I got so behind on blogging, and I am now writing this Christmas Eve 2016 post in July of 2017, I can't remember exactly all that we did that Christmas Eve. I know we went and visited the Stone's in Salem and then went back to Mapleton to do the Tommy Right and Tommy Left game with the Haycock side. I remember, thanks to the picture, that Garrett was extremely excited about the silly putty he got from the game. But other than that my memory is failing me at the moment. 

What I do remember is that it was really fun putting the kids down to bed on Christmas Eve because they were so anxious for Christmas to be there. The kids are at such fun and magical ages when it comes to holidays, Christmas especially. 

Brenna with Grandpa Haycock

Rick setting up Garrett's tent from "Santa"

Struggling much? Haha :)

Garrett's loot from Santa.

Brenna's Santa gifts.

Kimbri's stuff from Santa.

We bought some Lincoln Logs at a garage sale and some more
at a thrift store for super cheap. I soaked them all in the tub
in soapy water to clean them. I loved these as a kid and I hope
the love them too!

Santa sneaking some cookies and carrots, ha!