Christmas Day

As Sof was coming up the stairs, Claire threw her cup and luckily it nailed Sof in the armpit instead of the face. Nothing screams Merry Christmas like a flying object coming your way! 

The slide was a big hit.

I gave Greg a head massager and Claire wasn't a fan. Her reaction was so funny that we tortured her all day long.

I'm realizing now that I didn't take many pictures on Christmas, but know that it was so fun and relaxing! We went to the Spjute's so Greg could eat his Breakfast Casserole, and then he took Sof to a movie and I got to relax while Claire took her nap. You better believe I stayed in my jammies all day.

All Sof wanted for Christmas were Disney princesses. And she has yet to even play with them. I can't figure it out. Grandpa gave her this little traveling case that she put all of them in and it has been zipped shut since. Oh Sof.

Christmas Eve and Dresses

It really is so sad that I'm still trying to blog about Christmas and it's nearly the middle of February. But, I've been busy so it's not like I'm completely being oblivious. Or maybe I am ... Regardless, I will get caught up!

Looking fancy in our Sunday Best. Thank you 10 second timer.

The love she has for this rocking chair is no joke.

This is as good as it gets.

Christmas Eve was beautiful and so fun because of all of the fluffy snow we received! It was fun to spend the day outside and together. Christmas truly is the best time of the year.

They built an awesome snowman!

I think Claire could rival Baby Sof on her love for swings.

One of my favorite pictures of all time!

Decorating cookies!

Our heavy drinker.

The girlies opened their Christmas jammies and Sofi said, "Oohhhh!This is the prettiest dress I've ever seen!"

I'm now realizing how weird Claire's face looks in this picture, but this is a classic face she likes to make at people and have them back it back to her.

And there it is again. Christmas Eve Selfies. Who knows where Greg was?

Sofi slept downstairs in the big bed and was so excited to see what Santa would bring her in the morning! She sprinkled her sparkly Reindeer food she made in Preschool on the lawn to help the reindeer find their way to our house, and made sure to leave cookies and milk. Her excitement sure was fun to experience this year!

Giant Gingerbread House & Crying with Santa

I love the giant gingerbread house at the Grand America Hotel. Maybe it's because I love that amazing hotel itself. Who knows? But it's something fun to do, so we went.

Ignore the creepy eye reflection.

This is out of order, but Sof fell asleep on the way to see the gingerbread house. Greg and I were so confused how it happened! 

 

Sof came home as the cutest reindeer one day from preschool.

We got lost in our neighbor's fun backyard one day. 

He's an artist, so there's all kinds of creative stuff to play around with.

Then we crashed Santa's party one night at Station Park. I'm pretty sure getting our kids to cry with Santa is the highlight of the season for Greg.

The Johnson's hosted a non-Christmas party for the Spjute's, and we ate good food and played some fun games.

She did pretty good.

Grandma Jolley's 80th Birthday

We were back down to Cedar City 3 weeks after Thanksgiving to celebrate my Grandma Jolley's 80th Birthday. We had to bring my Dad's diesel truck back down after having it loaned to us, so Greg blissfully drove it down while I drove the van with a screaming Claire the whole way. Yay us! I have yet to figure out why my kids don't blissfully sleep in the car like everyone else's children. It's a mystery to us all.

First road trip in Superstar! 

Despite having screamed for all but 20 min of the trip, she sure was a happy little thing!

My cute mom bought the oldest 3 girls of my family, and their spouses, tickets to the Nasvhille Tribute Band. It was so much fun! My parents bravely took on all the grandkids back home, and got them in bed for us. It was a fun night spent with adults and sleepy Greggy.

Poor Greg was exhausted and yawned through the whole concert. He only got 4 hours of sleep the night before.

Sofi blissfully sleeping in her cute sleeping bag in Shelby's room. Turns out, Sof was the hardest of all the grandkids to get to bed. Go figure. When the parents are away, Sofi will play!

The next morning was the gift exchange, and the girls were so excited!

All Sof wanted was an Elena dress. She didn't take it off for the rest of the day.

 

Poor Claire.

Sof gave Lexi a matching sleeping bag!

Having a tea party with her new tea set!

Still wearing the dress while bonding over the ipad.

Later, Sof and I cruised the neighborhood on this little beauty. We were gone so long, Greg called to make sure we weren't roadkill somewhere.

My cute Grandma! She lights up whenever her family is in the room.

My "little" cousins aren't so little anymore.

Cute Aly walked Claire so I could eat.

Happy Birthday Grandma!

 

The next day we visited Grandma one last time before heading home. Her face was still lit up from her party the night before. She's the best!

My cute Dad with Claire. He's often working when we visit, so I always love seeing him take some time to hold my kids.

The 3rd bench was my bed the whole way home. I slept while Greg drove, and it was at this moment that I realized owning a van was going to be okay :).