Christmas and more...

We LOVE the holidays....especially this year! This was our first Christmas not living near our families. So, we got to go visit our families and spend some quality time with all of them. Katelyn and Briggs were really fun this year...they understood more of what was going on. Especially Katelyn, she pretty much figured out all her gifts even before opening them, stinker! We attened my family party, which included sibling gift exchange, good food and games! We had a great time, like always! Then we enjoyed Christmas eve at the Blaser home, which included great food, scripture reading and pajamas for everyone! Traditions are fun, we also had a great time! On Christmas we spent time with both families again and opened presents! Then we got to talked to my brother, who is on a mission in Virginia. It was so fun talking to him! He is doing great, he is hitting the year mark later this month, time has flown by. We had a wonderful Christmas! We are especially thankful for our Savior, our families, and the gospel. We have been so blessed this past year and look forward to another great year!

This year has already been a big year for our family at church! Katelyn advanced from nursery into sunbeams! She did fabulous, just as we expected! She loves church and is already singing primary songs daily. She was sent home with a "read your scriptures daily" chart and a brand new pencil. She is so excited to mark off each day as we read. She has become our little reminder, what a good little girl she is becoming. We are proud of her! Briggs has joined the nursery class and guess what, so have I! Before he was old enough to go, he would beg to go. And now, of course he wants nothing to do with it. Infact, the first time I left him there, they brought him to me crying so hard he was almost throwing up. Well hopefully this will die down and soon we will be able to leave him there. I hope, I really want to attend RS and Sunday school with Sherman. Time will tell...

Briggs smiling BEFORE his first day in nursery! This would soon change, but for now he looks cute already for church!

Katelyn on her first day of Primary as a Sunbeam! Here she is also holding her new Scripture chart, just what our family needed!

Our HAPPY prechool going almost 4 year old! She is a pleasure to have around most of the time. We love our Katelyn!

Katelyn likes to put things in order...well I asked her to put her shoes away and she said, "Ok Mom, I will put them right by Dad's". She then lined Briggs' shoes right by hers. Pretty cute, but thanks Dad for the example....I just might be the only one in the house that really knows where my shoes go! IN THE CLOSET!

Just a few black mail photos of Briggs....in his sisters pink and purple princess bike helmet and his first encounter with mom's mascara! But still cute as ever! Oh and a picture of Briggs enjoying one of our many holiday treats, he mostly liked the frosting, as you can see!

Look at those big eyes, I could just kiss him all day! Oh wait, I do! Since we have returned home from our Christmas Vacation Briggs has started calling me "Meme" instead of "Mama"! While we were staying at my Mom's house Briggs called her "mama", so that would be only fitting to not call me "mama" since that now means grandma. Meme does sound pretty cute!