Friday, December 27, 2013

Christmas and More

 Christmas was just lovely! We had time to ourselves as a family of 4 and time with both extended families as well. It was perfect.
 




 
A few weeks ago we took family pictures in a pecan grove in Chandler. I'm pretty happy with them. Except Grant was sticking his tongue out in 90% of them. Oh well, such is life.



 
And to update the baby bump... 
21 weeks along
 
and 24 weeks along
This little girl is moving a lot now. She is healthy and well and we are so grateful!
 
We also enjoyed a family hike at Papago Park. The kids loved watching the airplanes fly in.

 
I tried to be a fun mom (doesn't happen too much) and plan Christmas crafts for Grant. This kid is so happy with a project to work on. Here is what we came up with on 6 different days.
 
1. Candy cane ornaments: pipe cleaner, propeller beads--huge hit!
2. Coloring a page of Christmas symbols and discussing what they each mean.
3. Santa ornament: paper, cotton balls, pipe cleaner
4. Manger for Jesus: lunch bag, paper
5. Rudolph ornament: paper, googly eyes, cotton ball, pipe cleaner
6. Letter to Santa: he wrote his name, I wrote what he told me for the rest. And guess what? We sent it in the mail and actually got a response from Santa in the North Pole. How fun is that?
 
 
 

2 comments:

Jenni said...

Fun mom!?? of course you are a fun mom. Look at you!! I will have to remember these for next Christmas.

Clark and Liesel said...

You are most def a super fun mom!!! Love the family pics! You are gorgeous!!!! We had our pics taken at that same orchard! Loved all the cute Christmas crafts!