Christmas with the Scotts

Caroline & Clayton with cousins Sarah and Alyssa

Clayton with his "Kee kee".

The girls trying on the bride dress-up gear I got Sarah & Alyssa for Christmas...

Christmas at BB's - midday

We went to BB and Papa's house for the late morning and early afternoon. We got to see my grandma, brother, aunt and uncle, and cousins too!

Caroline- still loving socks...

Sneaking snacks

My two Christmas Boos

Our Family on Christmas

Christmas morning at our house...

Clayton's favorite toy this Christmas...he got two new cell phones that he had in hand all day!

And Caroline got an Ariel the Mermaid doll and another little dolly she named Clara.

My Hallmark moment...

We brought Caroline to the Christmas Eve Candlelight services at Christ church. She sat on my lap and helped hold the candle. The congregation sang Silent Night with the church a glow from all the candles. Seeing the flickering lights in the dim church and hearing her little voice singing Silent Night along with everyone made me cry!

Christmas Eve

Twas the Night before Christmas and all through the house...
...the children were nestled all snug in their wee little beds...

...the stockings were hung by the chimney with care...

...and Santa's elves were up until 2:00 am putting together the play kitchen Santa brought the children for Christmas!

Cookie decorating party

'BB had her annual cookie decorating party with the Ryans. Caroline had a great time decorating cookies, but maybe went a bit overboard on some of the sprinkles/colored sugar!

No, Clayton didn't help decorate. But here he is doing one of his favorite things - turning on and off the light.

Caroline's first Christmas sing

Caroline had her first Christmas sing this week!

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Visiting Santa

We didn't visit Santa last year, so this was Clayton's first time seeing him! It was so cute to see the kids on Santa's knee. Both did great and there were no tears or fears!

Decorating gingerbread houses

We decorated gingerbread houses with little friends George, Andrew, and Sarah. It was fun seeing the older ones decorate the houses in their own creative ways and the younger ones sneak licks of frosting and M&Ms! (Yes, one of the pictures is of Clayton "discovering" M&Ms for the first time. He thought they were just about the best things in the world!)

Decorating the Christmas tree...

Christmas magic...a tree inside the house, ornaments, jingle bells, snowglobes, and christmas carols...