Merry Christmas!

We hope that everyone had a very merry Christmas!! We slept over at my mom & dads with all of my siblings! It was so fun! Being with family is one of my most favorite things about Christmas! We missed being with our family in Missouri - but were so glad we could still see them on the web-cam!

Scooter chillin' with his daddy! These boys are just the Best! (this is one of my favorite pictures!)
Cousins! Scooter & Mar had so much fun playing together on Christmas Eve & Christmas! And it is just so fun to be with kiddos on Christmas morning!
Even London (Aubrey & Tyler's dog) came to join in the fun! Here she is giving Aubs a high-five!
Time for Christmas jammies! ....Don't worry mom, I can cut the tag off by myself! (and he did!)
The kiddos were excited to have matching Perry pants!
Christmas hugs!

After the kiddos were asleep on Christmas Eve - and while we were waiting for Santa to come- Erica hid in this big box and we asked my mom to come into the kitchen. Erica popped out of the box and scared my mom SO bad!! I feel kind of bad saying that I couldn't stop laughing...but it was pretty funny!
Christmas morning!! It was such a blast to watch the kiddos open their presents & just have fun! Scooter was so excited about each of his presents!! This is the cute kitchen that Santa brought to him! I have a feeling we're going to have lots of fun with this!!
My mom made me & all of my sisters a beautiful quilt! Erica knew that Me, Lins & Aubs were getting a quilt, but she didn't know that she was too! She was so excited when she opened it (we all were!)!! I love her face & Scooter's face in this picture!!
The girls!!
We were all so dang excited about our quilts! Lins was saying that gifts from the heart are the ones that mean the most, and it is SO true!! I just love this quilt- and it is so soft to snuggle up with!! Plus, I love it even more because my mom made it for me- so it's like snuggling up with it is like getting a big hug from her!
Our traditional Christmas morning breakfast!! I asked Scooter if he wanted a scone, and he said: "I don't like scones....Mom, do I like scones?!" He took a big bite of a scone with honey butter & the verdict was: "Mom, I like scones!!"
We all played together on Christmas morning, and as you can tell from this picture, we were tired by the time we headed home! It was a good kind of tired, though! I'm so glad we were able to spend Christmas with family - to just be together and have fun, feel good, and remember the greatest gift of the Savior's birth.
Since he had a nap on the way home, Scooter was re-charged and ready to play when we got home! He had so much fun talking to all of our family in Missouri on the web cam and opening the fun presents they sent! (I have more cute pictures of the fun stuff they sent!! All I can say is we have a VERY talented and thoughtful family!!)

This was a cute hat that he got from Erica & Chris! He wanted to sleep with it on.
I kept meaning to ask someone to take a picture of the three of us- and I kept forgetting!! So Ryan took this picture when we got home!
I love my sweet family so much!! And I feel like the luckiest person ever because our family in Utah and in Missouri are just the BEST!! I'm so glad for the fun times that we get to have together celebrating different occasions & just enjoying each other!! And I feel especially grateful for the Savior- and His birth, life and death. I'm so thankful that He makes all things possible, and so grateful for how Christmas reminds me that we are the happiest when we have His spirit in our home!! I really hope that we can make this coming year one where we focus on the Savior & do more to remember Him & try harder to be like Him!!