Christmas 2012

One of my favorite nights of the year is tomorrow night. I LOVE Christmas Eve. I love the anticipation. I love Christmas so much because it's every one's birthday in one day. Everyone gets gifts. I love the magic of it all.You get to be with your family and eat way to much. What could be better than that. I know family can be so annoying and hard to handle some of the time, but there are so many people who are going to wake up in a cold studio apartment alone Christmas morning. Total Debbie Downer I know, but I think of these things and remember how lucky I am that we have food, warmth, some place to go and celebrate and get annoyed by our loved ones who I love dearly.
Wow it is a lot of work and money, but so worth it. I've thought about my mom a lot this year and how hard she must have worked all those years to provide so much for us on Christmas each year. She was alone and she has always made our Christmas's so spectacular. I appreciate her more and more each and every year.
Thank you so much mom!
This was my second year taking Piper to the Nutcracker. Such a wonderful tradition. She promised me she would always go with me, even when she is grown. I am going to hold her to this. If she lives out of state I will travel to where she is and show up on her door step with Nutcracker tickets. She might change her address and forget to tell me what it is, but so be it.
Having little kids makes Christmas so amazing. I have had the best time this year.

Santa photos 2012

 Piper is so smart. She would not sit on Santa's lap. She would rather stand next to him and put her requests in that way.

Quinn was not to happy about Santa. I love the Santa at Trolley Square. There is never a line, and he looks so real. Plus we get to go to Pottery Barn and Spaghetti Factory.

Our little family

 This bridge is where I had my bridal photos taken. Garden Park Ward 11 years ago. Now my exquisite children are standing on it having their photos taken. These photos are so important. We will look back on them years from now and cherish them. I want to savor every moment and every memory I can with my babies.