Christmas

Our Christmas was a good one. We saw some snow, got to spend time with both of our families, and ate lots of yummy food. Sadly we took exactly two pictures at Christmas - and they were of the exact same thing:

This is Alivia riding her new giraffe bicycle. I think it was a big hit with all of the girls. One funny note - if you notice the stuffed dog on the floor behind and to her left (our right), that was actually a gift for all three of them. I believe Abbey was the one to open it. When you press its foot it sings "I Feel Good" and flaps its ears and waves its arms around. It's pretty cute. When Abbs unwrapped it she was holding it, checking it out, and her daddy pressed the button. I'm not sure how many of you recall, but the beginning of that song is a yell...when it did that Abbey did a very impressive chest pass and tossed that thing across the room. I guess it's not as funny reading about it but it sure was funny that morning. They made up though and all three of the girls like the dog.

I do have one really sweet story. Audrey took the girls to the dollar store to pick out gifts for everyone. They picked out stick horses for Nathan and their daddy, a kind of blob type toy for Scott, golf balls for my dad, and "make-up" (lotion) for mom, my sister, Mema, and me. Those girls were SO excited for us to open what they got us. But the thing that keeps getting me is Ainsley. She's my "mini-me"":


She passed out the gifts and then waited while each of us opened them. The look on her face was so precious - she wanted to be sure we liked what she got us. I'm crying now just thinking about it. Great. Anyway, the girls were so sweet and so much fun - they're a good age to really enjoy Christmas. Oh, and I think Ainsley's favorite gift was her "stable" - a nativity scene that mom got her. After she opened it she immediately got it all out of the box and started to set it up. Spending time with them this weekend makes me hope that I can be half as good a parent and even a little bit as good at making sure my kids know about Jesus.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas wherever you were!