I could just kick myself!! I really really want to be consistent with this blog! This December was one of the most fun and memorable Decembers we have had in such a looooonnnng time. I can not believe that I haven't been documenting daily!! Hopefully I can do an okay job of catching up?
December 1st we started a new family tradition..... "Christmas by the fire." Each night we would gather by the fire for a special story, scripture, song and small treat to try to help remind us about the true meaning of Christmas. This turned out to be a very special and spirtitual time for our little family - one that I'm sure we will carry on for years to come. Some nights we had longer time than others, but we made it a point to gather together and have at least a small thought and some special "together time."
We had a "secret elf" deliver the 12 days of Christmas for the Smagner family.....
Smith + Wagner = Smagner (Brian, Annie and Linc are living with us). Each day the secret elf brought us something that we could do together as a family. In a day or two (because I want to remember all of this) I will post pictures of each of the days activities - it was so much fun waiting each day for him to come deliver us a special prize...... then getting together to enjoy each activity as a family. It was so great to have so much family together time. I love these little guys, and time is flying by so quickly that it has been fun to slow down a bit and cherish these cute faces!
Not that we haven't already had a blast for the month.... just to add more fun - Annie and I decided to host a Christmas Eve party. We knew we were going to have a big clan joining us for Christmas this year, so we thought we'd make the best of it and turn it into a Holiday Bash! We invited everyone to our "Ugly Christmas Sweater Party" No one was allowed without an Ugly Christmas sweater. We ate, ate, ate, and ate some more! We had a beautiful photo op... which you can see how lovely we all looked!! I was laughing soooooo hard - everyone did such a great job with their "cute" Christmas ensembles!! We then voted on the best sweater..... Kev took the prize. After our photo op, we played some serious BINGO!! then moved on to Rock Band! Finally the Secret Elf delivered some twinner jammies shirts for everyone and it was time to settle down and hope that Santa would come for a visit. Not only did he visit..... he delivered lots of fun stuff for EVERYONE!!
It definitely has been a December to Remember that is for sure!!
December 1st we started a new family tradition..... "Christmas by the fire." Each night we would gather by the fire for a special story, scripture, song and small treat to try to help remind us about the true meaning of Christmas. This turned out to be a very special and spirtitual time for our little family - one that I'm sure we will carry on for years to come. Some nights we had longer time than others, but we made it a point to gather together and have at least a small thought and some special "together time."
We had a "secret elf" deliver the 12 days of Christmas for the Smagner family.....
Smith + Wagner = Smagner (Brian, Annie and Linc are living with us). Each day the secret elf brought us something that we could do together as a family. In a day or two (because I want to remember all of this) I will post pictures of each of the days activities - it was so much fun waiting each day for him to come deliver us a special prize...... then getting together to enjoy each activity as a family. It was so great to have so much family together time. I love these little guys, and time is flying by so quickly that it has been fun to slow down a bit and cherish these cute faces!
Not that we haven't already had a blast for the month.... just to add more fun - Annie and I decided to host a Christmas Eve party. We knew we were going to have a big clan joining us for Christmas this year, so we thought we'd make the best of it and turn it into a Holiday Bash! We invited everyone to our "Ugly Christmas Sweater Party" No one was allowed without an Ugly Christmas sweater. We ate, ate, ate, and ate some more! We had a beautiful photo op... which you can see how lovely we all looked!! I was laughing soooooo hard - everyone did such a great job with their "cute" Christmas ensembles!! We then voted on the best sweater..... Kev took the prize. After our photo op, we played some serious BINGO!! then moved on to Rock Band! Finally the Secret Elf delivered some twinner jammies shirts for everyone and it was time to settle down and hope that Santa would come for a visit. Not only did he visit..... he delivered lots of fun stuff for EVERYONE!!
It definitely has been a December to Remember that is for sure!!
