A very Merry belated Christmas to you! Our holidays this year were the perfect amount of crazy and wonderful. One of the benefits of living so close to all our family and friends is that we are able to see so many of our loved ones during the holidays, even though it means hectic schedules. One of God's messages to us this year, however, was SLOW DOWN! There were a few weekends we had booked during this Christmas holiday that ended up being canceled completely because of weather. While we initially were devastated that we couldn't share in festivities with our family, we ended up really enjoying our time together as our little family of three. He forced us to take a breather and appreciate each other, which is what Christmas should be. We were able to see everyone eventually anyway, just a little late. Here are some snapshots of a few Christmas-time events.
I didn't get a lot of pictures of Christmas setting-up because I wasn't feeling well during that whole week, but I did manage to capture Lily's tree decorating skills. It was so fun to have her participating with us so much more this year. She loved putting ornaments on the tree, specifically in one area and usually on one single branch.
Winter weather means playing in the snow. One of Lily's favorite things!
I attempted the Elf of the Shelf, even though Lily wasn't really sure about it. She wasn't afraid of her this year like she was last year, but wasn't exactly excited about it either. Here were a few of the poses we found our Elf in this year.
Christmas with the Dodge family was wonderful. It was so great to see everyone and to have Lily and Peter Aaron enjoy each other's company while stealing the older kids' games.
Christmas at the Schroeder home consisting of LOTS of presents, eating way too much and, of course, singing Christmas carols.
Christmas morning was so wonderful for all of us. Lily understand so much more this year about presents and (with an endless amount of help from my Mom) made her stocking this year that she really enjoyed watching progress. She understood Santa and loved watching Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Polar Express. I was up most of the night Christmas Eve with a bad stomach bug, but was able to
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