Merry Christmas!!

Every year Christmas gets better and better for us as parents, the pure joy in the boys eyes and their excitement just makes this day so special for us! And having family here from out of town just made it all that much more special! Needless to say, Jake & Tyler were extremely spoiled but they are just so cute. :)

Waking up and seeing the tree w/ presents that Santa left for the first time...

Having a great time with their stockings

Let the presents begin!

Both boys loved "helping" everyone open their presents :)

Their big "surprise" present from Grammy & Grandpa - a big trampoline for the backyard. Now if only we can get all of this snow to melt...

Christmas night was very fun, Jason's family was able to join us for a wonderful night!

Loved having my mom here!!

Christmas was so busy that we had to have "Christmas Night 2" to finish up all of the presents...

Christmas Eve

We had such a great Christmas Eve with Grammy & Grandpa Walsh in town, we went to church, had a nice dinner, decorated cookies for Santa, and even opened one early present! The boys were so excited for Santa to come, the feeling was contagious to all of us. :)

Tyler peaking under the tree...

Decorating cookies for Santa

Cookies are done and all set out for Santa!

SO excited!!

Tree is ready...

Stockings are out...

Grandma & Grandpa visit!

For Christmas this year we were so excited to have Grandma and Grandpa Walsh come out and celebrate with us. We loved having them here, and had so much fun - including a huge snow storm that brought over a foot of snow!

All bundled up to go play in the snow!

At the "Winter Wonderlights" at the Wildlife Museum

Checking out the reindeer

Playing some Wii...

Christmas Season

December is always one of my very favorite months, this year we had so much fun with all of the Christmas activities!! We went early in the month to visit Santa, it definitely made Jake super excited for Christmas. Tyler wasn't quite so sure about Santa...

Every year we head to the zoo for zoo lights, this year was a little cold but we bundled up & had a great night!!

This year, Jason and I hosted our first annual Ugly Sweater party!! It was so much fun to see everyone's sweaters, and to have an adults-only party. :) Already looking forward to next year!

Some of our favorites:

One night we headed up to the mountains to ride the Georgetown Railroad train, and meet Santa!! We went with our good friends The Watsons, Jake & Grace had so much fun!!

Here are a few more misc. pictures from December...

Tyler "helping" to decorate the tree

Jason and I had a fun night out before heading to a Holiday party downtown

Santa visited Jake's school (on PJ day)

Such a cutie!

Jake and Grace decorating our gingerbread house