Christmas Festivities

We had our very first Christmas in our house this year! 

It was so fun to see Remi's reaction as we pulled out all of the decor and set up the Christmas Tree.

We had especially fun making and decorating sugar cookies. Although, I am pretty sure that Remi probably ate more dough than she helped cut (ok, and maybe me as well.)

Painting a wooden christmas tree

Remi and I went over to my parents and made some gingerbread houses.

Mine looks a little bit like a 5 year old made it... Oh well, I had a blast making it!

Remi ate my snowman before I could get him on there but that's alright.

Olivia's

Mine

Mom's

I had to make one of my most favorite treats.
Almond Roca!

Here is our Christmas Eve Feast! We decided to stay home as a family and have dinner.

We had pink salad, baked potatoes, ham, rolls, salad, 7 up, and martinellis!

My very first ham, smothered in honey! YUM!

After dinner, we opened our Pj's, and then we went over to Eli's parents for the Christmas story.

Every year they have the grandkids dress up and put on the story of the birth of Christ While Eli's dad 

reads it to us. We sang some Christmas hymns as well.It was just the thing we needed to get us even more in to the Christmas mood!

Remi, Scarlett, and Chloe

 Grandma Patsy got Remi this little Elf on the shelf! 

We named him Buddy, of course, and had a lot of fun surprising her with him every morning.

I didn't know she would really get the concept as well as she did, but she loved it.

Every morning he was in a different spot with a treat of some sort (a banana, orange, etc.)

She only touched him once and he went away for a whole day.

She was really sad, but Eli helped her write a letter to Santa saying that she was sorry and he came back the next day!

On Christmas morning, we let Remi give him a big hug before he headed back to the North Pole. ;)

She was super excited to finally touch him!

We had a wonderful Christmas morning! 

We were all spoiled beyond our expectations. Eli did such a great job this year. He got me a laminator, owl blanket, downeast shirts, super cute leggings, and lots of Bath and Body Works lotions and bubble baths!

I got him a sweeto tool stand, a huge batman blanket, some new shirts, and a Xbox game.

Remi got a tricycle, tons of barbies and littlest pet shops, a tea set, puzzles...the list goes on.

The best thing in the whole world was seeing her face light up when she came down the stairs :)

Barney was laying right in front of the heater. Spoiled dog!

Playing tea party

After opening presents, we headed over to Eli's parents for homemade crepes. SO GOOD!

Then we went over to my parents for some lunch and took their gifts to them!

This was definitely her most favorite gift of all. She played with it almost everyday for the next couple of weeks.

As the morning went on, we could tell that something was wrong with Remi. She was not really interested in any of her toys, she was coughing so bad, and running a fever.

By the end of Christmas night we knew something was definitely wrong with our sweet girl.

We took her in to the E.R. and they diagnosed her with Bronchiolitis. They were so sweet and gave her a little puppy dog stuffed webkinz. 

They kept us there for a good while because her oxygen was really low and her blood pressure was really high. When that got looking better, they gave her a steroid and some cough syrup. She zonked on my lap and didn't wake up when we left or put her in her bed.

Within a few days she was finally herself, enjoying all of her gifts from Santa!

We had an amazing holiday season! I am thankful for the birth of our Savior and that we have his atonement in our life each day.