Christmas '08 Pix

I FINALLY added my Christmas pictures!

I don't post very often because Madison HATES it when I'm on the computer.

It was Madison's first time to Temple Square; she loved looking at all the lights.

My mom had her annual Christmas party where we always have a feast of what Jesus would have eaten by candle light and act out the Christmas story while Brian read it from the Bible. My are always the 3 wise men...and the shepherds. My neice, Alexandra was Mary. Last year Madison was small enough to play baby Jesus but this year she was the Angel.

I was the donkey!

Madison with her Grammy who she adores!

She was very good at opening gifts this year; she's finally getting old enough to actually care.

We had a nice dinner with my Grandparents & my sister who came in from Las Vegas

at our house.

It was a VERY child-proof Christmas this year...and will be from now on.

We found out why we should have spent the extra money for the non-breakable ornaments. :)

These are some of the MANY batches of cookies I made for all my neighbors. After all that work, I had to show them off :).

We used to help my mom decorate Christmas cookies like these as kids so it's a fun tradition I want to pass on with my kids but I think we'll just make a few batches in the future. My mom wasn't kidding when she warned me that it takes a long time to make that many!

My Daycare kids loved decorating some that they got to take home.

On Christmas day we first celebrated as a family where Madison opened her presents, then we went to both in-laws for the rest of the day. Her favorite gift was of course the most simple & cheapest gift of all, the old school popcorn popper! Isn't that usually the case?!