christmas 2015

posted by owen, everett and eloise

we had an awesome christmas this year. our santa gifts were perfect, he always knows exactly what we want. we also received great gifts from mommy and daddy, each other, and the rest of our family as well. it was the first christmas as a family of five and eloise seemed to really enjoy all the activities throughout the day, even though she did have a cold. we can't wait until next year!

decorating the tree

discussing the story of each ornament as we hung them up

tracking santa on the computer...

...like every five minutes

a note (written by owen) and goodies for santa

we're ready for christmas!

stockings by grammie and our 2015 ornaments - 
a backpack for owen to remember his first year in school,
a sleeping teddy in a snow globe for eloise in honor of her birth, 
and tools for everett because this was the first year he attended building workshops with daddy

our santa gifts!!!!! we had filled our sacks completely full with toys we wanted santa to take and give to others who don't have as much. he took it all 
and left us each one new present!

ready to open our stockings

siblings enjoying christmas morning, and our new warm slippers

eloise loved her new stocking, the last one grammie will ever make!

owen gave hand-drawn pictures to his sister and brother

evie loved owen's gift, and we loved how excited owen was to give it. 

everett made ornaments out of pipe cleaners and beads - a candy cane for Owen

and a star for eloise, which she loved

eloise gave her brothers paw patrol characters on snowboards

a christmas tradition...sausage cheese balls, which even little miss got to enjoy

owen's santa gift was a steelers uniform complete with a helmet, exactly what he wanted

everett's santa gift was a cash register which both boys got into playing with right away. 

enjoying our white christmas