It was so nice to have Christmas in our own home and with a TREE! Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Don came over to open presents. It is nice to have Don aroundfor a little while before he heads out again for another tour with the Marines.
Lily was the first to wake up, all she wanted to do was snuggle with Grandpa.
Good Morning. This is the stunned pre-presents "what are all of you staring at me for" look. .
Lily got a glow-worm from Grandma McDonald. She loves it! 
Jensen got lots of trains. He was so happy
Grandma Barrand got her a little purse with old beads. She loves being a girl.
Boy stuff!
Daddy and Jensen playing with the new train set.
I made Christmas dinner. It turned out really well. Lily helped me make the french silk pie.
We went to a thanksgiving with Dave's family. Josh, Dave's brother in law, smoked a 
Here are all the cutie 
And this is how we kept them sitting for the picture.
We saw the Santaquin parade of lights then waited in line to see Santa. We told Jensen if he sat on Santa's lap he would get candy so he did pretty well. Santa asked what do you want for Christmas - Jensen said Candy.
Lily on the other hand- I'm just glad Marybeth got the picture:)
I sewed a dragon and couple of other patches on Jensen's coat. He loves his dragon coat!
Dave decided he wanted a nice hot chocolate to leave the house with in the cold winter mornings. Se we bought a little coffee maker with a timer. It works pretty good. Needless to say our hot coca consumption has gone up 
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