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!

-the gift can be found here-

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.