Christmas 2008

Hmm! Where to begin? ...my blog is so behind...

Let's start with Christmas 2008

First there was Jasmine's preschool program.

and at the end there were two surprise guests...
The bad news is Jasmine decided this year that she is terrified of Santa. The good news is, for whatever reason, be it the fact that he brought along Mrs. Claus to ease the tension, or perhaps it was peer pressure from her friends, maybe it had something to do with the fact that he was giving out presents to each child that he called, or the fact that there was an audience of wide eyed parents staring at her. But for whatever reason, she just sat there frozen in her seat and then...when he called her name...she actually sat on his lap! And my dad snapped this picture.

I never got a picture of Shayden with Santa because something came up each time the opportunity arose, so this will have to do.

The Green Elephant Party.

My high school friends get together each year for a fun gift exchange. Love this tradition! Becky did an awesome job hosting this year and we missed those gals who couldn't make it :(

Then Christmas Eve.

The traditional Guatemalan dinner of Paches at my sister's house. The kids entertained us with a wonderful program. Then put on their new pj's.

Christmas Day

The kids enjoyed their presents as you can see.Later we enjoyed our traditional Shrimp Etoufee at our house.

Making sugar cookies for some neighbors.

Going to see the lights at Temple Square.And Tayvee's Christmas shirt pretty much sums up the best part of the holidays...FAMILY!