Christmas {2012}.

Pictures of our Christmas....

Making crafts and goodies:

{gingerbread house...from a kit}

{paper snowflakes}

{Salt dough ornaments}

{Sugar Cookies... with an awesome new recipe!  Cookie recipe from HERE.}

{Pretzel hugs & Chocolate covered pretzels}

{Christmas Mantle}

Celebrating with Joel's Family on 12/23/12:

 {Reese with his new puppet.}

{Samantha and her cousins.}

{Joel and his Grandpa.}

{Presents passed out and ready to be opened.}

Christmas Eve with our Family 12/24/12:

**First we went to a BEAUTIFUL Christmas Eve candlelight service at Church.  It was so lovely and ended with the flickering of the candles while singing Silent Night.  Wish I could have taken a picture of that.**

{the pup}

{Daddy and Eli}

{New Jammies... our Christmas Eve tradition for the past 3 years is to open one gift. As a kid I opened gifts on Christmas Eve, so I guess this is a good compromise.  :-) }

{watching Elf while eating dinner}

{Reading the night before Christmas}

 Christmas Day 12/25/12:

We had the only other immediate family I have in town over, my parents, for breakfast and opening of gifts.  My mom brought over delicious homemade cinnamon rolls and we had eggs, turkey bacon, and sausage.  Yummy!

{opening a gift from my 'lil sister...can you tell they liked it?!}

{Izzy playing with her new Calico Critters stuff.}

{Eli showing Grandpa one of his new pennants.  Thanks Aunt Lis!}

{My folks.}

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We hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday celebrating the birth of our Savior.  We hope that the new year bring's you good health and much happiness!!! 

Peace & Joy,

Gretchen