Christmas and holiday fun!

December is a busy month filled with holiday parties and dance recitals.  We always look forward to the Pearson family party.  Can you believe that my beautiful Grandma Pearson is going to be 99 years old next month?!  She is amazing!  Jeffrey and Hannah sure had fun running around with all of my cousins kids.  They were super excited to get these Bandaloom sets.  Seriously, the best gift that "Santa" has ever given them.  They have had so much fun with these.  Spent hours watching tutorials and making bracelets.  They actually went through all of the bands and begged us to order more.  Another successful party in the books!

Hannah got to perform at the Festival of Trees and had a Winter Dance recital in December.  My beautiful little girl is doing awesome at dance this year.  We just love watching her perform!

Christmas Eve was a little different this year.  This was the first time since I was born (or at least since I can remember) that we didn't go to Grandma and Grandpa Forsyth's house.  They spent the holidays with family in Colorado.  We gathered at my Mom and Dad's this year and had just as much fun!  We still ate yummy food, played games and got new pajamas.  Of course, we were happy that Heather, Andrew and Taven were here too!  We did miss Madi and Nick and baby Stella!  After a night full of fun we headed home to get ready for Santa!

Christmas morning!  Santa decided to leave all of the presents under the tree this year.  The kids had fun digging through them to find the ones that belonged to them.  Hannah was so happy that she got her American Girl doll, Caroline.  She got a bunch of clothes and a hair stylist set for her doll.  She got the Nerf Rebelle bow and arrow that she really wanted.  Jeffrey was most excited about his new soccer ball and goalie gloves.  He doesn't play goalie, he just thinks the gloves are cool!  He also got a cool soccer back pack and some fun books and games.  Gray was excited about his tool bench, potato head and ninja turtle toys.  Jeff spoiled me with a new lens for our camera, an iPhone, some perfume and a comfy robe.  Can't wait to get some close-up shots of the kids in action at soccer and dance!  We definitely had a fun morning!

We headed over to my parent's house to visit and open some more fun presents.  I think you can see that Jeffrey was thrilled about the Real jersey from Grandma and Grandpa.  He immediately put it on and wore it all day.  Hannah loved her hair stylist chair and carry case for her new doll.  Grayson got some Monster University toys and more cool tools.  They are lucky kids!  And so happy when they get to hang out with Taven too!

We got to spend the rest of the day with the Smith family.  We enjoyed a delicious dinner.  Leah planned a fun game.  We did Christmas crackers.  Opened some more presents.  Such a wonderful day spent with family!  Merry Christmas!!