We have had a busy holiday season and as usual I have not updated our blog for months. Hopefully in this new year I will become a more frequent blogger...but for now here is an update.
We had a great holiday season this year. We visited our families and enjoyed being with all those we love. We spent Thanksgiving in Idaho with Mandee's family. It was a lovely meal to celebrate and show gratitude for all our blessings. We spent Christmas with Brandon's family. It was fun to have everyone together. Brenna loved playing with her cousins and was so excited to have Santa come to Grandma and Grandpa Monson's house.
We had a nativity on Christmas Eve and Brenna and her cousin Rachel dressed as angels. Brenna wore this gingerbread dress that Grandma Nilson gave her almost every day of our trip. Lately Brenna has insisted that she only wear dresses. When I try to put pants on her she gets upset and says, "I don't want to dress like a man. Princesses wear dresses Mom!" She is finally starting to come out of this phase a little bit, but it has been pretty funny how much she loves to dress up. She is a girly girl for sure.
Matthew was so cute on Christmas morning. He tore into his presents better than we expected. He is such a happy boy and every time he sees the camera he pulls a cheesy smile and says "Cheeese!"
Brenna's big Christmas present this year was a set of Sleeping Beauty puppets that Mandee made for her. They were a big project to make, but they turned out so fun. She loved them! They are made out of paper mache. I had so much fun sculpting, painting and dressing them.
We continued our seasonal celebrating with Brandon's and then Brenna's Birthdays. We decided to have a birthday party for Brenna with all her friends. We had a Sleeping Beauty themed party. We had a houseful, but it was a blast. The kids dressed as royalty and decorated crowns and shields.
They played games and we ate pizza for lunch. I painted a castle puppet theater and we had a puppet show. We opened presents and then ate her castle cake. While I made it she was so excited and kept saying "Oh it is so wonderful...Thank you thank you!" It was a wonderful day. Happy Birthday Princess!
