Christmas

I know this is a little late, but I wanted to post about Christmas this year. Rian was so much fun :) She now loves Santa since he brought her all those toys and even thanks Heavenly Father for him every night when we say our bedtime prayers.....how cute is that!! Although she should be thanking Grandma Lois for the presents instead :)

We started a little family tradition this year. I decided that we would let Rian open two presents from us on Christmas Eve; a pair of jammies and a Christmas book. She absolutely loved the book because it was a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Christmas book and she loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, so it was perfect! But her reaction the the jammies were the best. They were actually hand-me-downs from my sister and Rian has worn them several times before I decided to wrap them for this new tradition. But she was still so happy to receive them as a gift, so funny!

We baked some cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve. But we didn't have any carrots so we left out green peppers for his reindeer instead. As you can see, the goodies were gone in the morning! We video taped the gift opening Christmas morning, so we don't have any pics of that. But she loves all her gifts , and we had a wonderful day, just the three of us.

Jingle Bells

Matt taught Rian how to sing Jingle Bells. She only learned the night before I video taped this. Even though she is missing a few words, we thought it was pretty cute!

I don't like Santa....

Those are Rian's words.....not mine :)

She decided she did not like Santa when we took her to the store last Saturday and made her sit on his lap. She didn't mind him from afar, but once she got closer and realized that she had to sit on his lap....well, she lost it.

Poor little girl.

Rian has since decided that she really does like Santa and she wants him to bring her a stroller for her baby. BUT she does not want to sit on his lap ever again! Little does she know....she only has 12 months til we try it again!

'Tis the Season

Matt and I returned to the Hilton Resort this time with Rian to enjoy some of the Christmas decorations.

She absolutely LOVED the trains! I imagined my Dad and her sitting there for hours just enjoying it together. Maybe one day he'll be visiting during Christmas and they will be able to do that!

Sorry about the face Rian is making in these pictures. Lately she does not want to smile for the camera. I swear she really had a good time, eventhough her face tells another story :)

Merry Christmas

Wishing a very Merry Christmas to you and yours!

These two pictures were taken Christmas morning at the Pine's. Rian got this really cute Christmas nightgown that she wore all day! The Pines were really generous to us this year....Rian got lots of books for church and toys and Matt and I got a Wii! Wii are so excited!!! Ha Ha! Game night at the Pines :)

We celebrated Christmas early at my parents house so they could head up to Idaho to visit my sister and her family on Christmas Day. We hardly took any pictures because we had the video camera out most of the time. But here is a picture of all of Rian's gifts from my parents. Is she spoiled or what? And the second question is...where the heck are we going to put all this stuff???

My parents also spoiled Matt and I quite a bit too! Lucky us!

Thank You to both sets of Grandparents! You guys are the BEST!!!