A Christmas Story

Oh...Christmas, we sure do love Christmas. This year was even more amazing, since it was the first Christmas with Scarlette. I can't explain how blessed I felt this holiday season, and how thankful I am to Heavenly Father for our little family.

Well to start off, we are apart of the activities committee at our ward. This meant we got to be involved with putting on our ward Christmas party. I have never been to a church Christmas party, so this being my first, I was very excited to be apart of putting it on. So the theme was The Polar Express(a favorite Christmas movie for me) and we needed a back ground mural behind Santa. So we asked if anyone on the committee knew anyone artistic, Jacob felt the need to point me out. SOOO...this led to me sketching out a 6ft by 12 ft picture of the Polar Express train. Turns out it became a nice project for Jacob and I to do together...I made him help color. haha. Here is how it turned out...

Upclose picture

the full mural

Scarlette and I in our PJ's waiting for Santa Claus

He made it! and look daddy is helping him with the kids

The mural being put to good use : )

Now for Christmas day, it ws pretty exciting having Scarlette around, she was jsut the right age to find paper amusing enough to help open some presents, and to show happiness towards the gifts she like. We got her clothes(this lacked the happiness look), and a few toys, her favorite turned out to be this Neopet stuffed thing named JUB JUB. haha.

Little Stinky Bum loved to play under the tree and take off ornaments

opening presents

oh look...its JUB JUB. love the smile on that face when she sees it.

This was mommy's first present ever as a mom and from Scarlette, made at Aunt Natalie's.

I loved it!

Scarlette's "my 1st Christmas" ornament.

Sent down from Grandma and Grandpa Thompson.

Now for our FAMILY GIFT...also I suppose our gift from Heavenly Father. The week of Christmas I was feeling a little off. So the day after Christmas I took a baby test...it was a positive one!

Yes...Baby #2 is in the making!