So right after Thanksgiving we put up our Christmas tree so that the girls could enjoy it for at least a couple weeks. They loved hanging the decorations and were really upset when all the ornaments ran out.
The Monday night before we were to fly out we decided to have our own little Christmas for family home evening so we wouldn't have to ship all the girls presents back to Vermont and then ship them back to Oklahoma again. They had a blast opening gifts and got things that they had wanted for a really long time, some really cool games, and a few surprises.
One of their surprises were these big puppy dog pillows that my mom's parents (gigi and pappy) hand made for the girls. They love them (Georgia fell asleep on hers with Gwen's slippers)!
We flew back to Vermont a few days before Christmas and split time between my family and Rob's family for the next two weeks. We spent Christmas Eve with my family (and the missionaries) and did all the family traditions: made Christmas cookies, decorated Christmas cookies, played Christmas bingo, and read Twas the Night Before Christmas. Rob and I also have a tradition with the girls where they get to open their new Christmas pjs on Christmas Eve, and we did that as well.
My brother and sister with the girls Christmas morning at the top of the stairs. I curled the girls hair the night before for church.
The girls were pretty pleased with what Santa brought...Gwen got My Little Pony Princess Celestia. Grace got a Barbie car (something shes wanted for a while) with a little Barbie. Georgia got a Disney Tangled doll-Rapunzel. Each of the Santa presents were at the top of the girls Christmas lists.
Shortly after Stockings and presents and breakfast, we got ready for church, and the girls got to wear the brand new dresses that Rob's mom got for them to wear that day. They liked posing on my parents stairs in their new dresses.
After church and some lunch we went to spend some time with Rob's parents. I totally spaced about taking pictures while we were there, but the girls had so much fun. We visited a lot of Robbie's Nana and Pappy, went sledding, shopping, played in the snow, met up with some of Rob's friends from high school, and just relaxed. We had a great vacation, and it was fun to see everyone again.
