Saturday, December 28, 2013

scenes from our Christmas dinner 2013

Not all of us could get together on Christmas Eve or Christmas day-
So we met up last Sunday for a Christmas dinner & gift exchange for the kiddos.


Making gingerbread cookies-


What the boys like to do most at our house- 


Trent drew Laura's name. 
He painted her name on a block of wood that he cut out - out in the garage, "his workshop."
She is a keeper & was so kind- while the boys were happy Trent didn't draw one of their names-- real family, that's what we are.


Chloe had Hailey's name & found a piece of pottery by a local artist with a chicken on it- Hailey loves all things chicken & it was perfect for her. She even started to tear up- one of my favorite parts of Christmas this year.


Hailey had Jack & even though she ordered a gift for him weeks ago


an email came earlier in the week saying it was not going to be here on time.


She printed a picture of the gift-


HIlarious & perfect for him!


Now he can cuddle inside & outside with his malaria.


It was really fun to see what the kids had picked out for each other.
Plus-- the cousins did some exchanging too.
Gosh- we are so lucky to have the Brittany's, Marcus & kids so close!
Marcus will be graduating from BYU Law School in 2014 so we may not be so lucky next year.



These two cuties are growing everyday-
For some reason I again didn't get many photos!?
When will I learn?
It was a wonderful Christmas-
More Christmas at the Messer's house to come.



2 comments:

Beth said...

The pictures are great!!! Your kids are the very most thoughtful at gift giving... aces to you Mom and Dad!!!

Jill said...

You always have such a house full of fun going on!