Christmas Cleavage Party

Santa loves to come to our Cleavage party.


Fun to get dressed up with all my best friends. Cynthia, Cec, Larali, Susel and Annette.

Livy has carried around this catalog for a month, wanted to show Santa what to get her.

Not sure what Anna is asking for, she has changed her mind so many times, not sure what Santa will get her.

Grandma Roxie from England gives Anna and Livy Christmas dresses every year. They loved them.

Chistmas Tree Hunting

I love Anna's freckles, she is such a joy in my life.

We rode in the back of the truck to get to our car,

first time for the girls, they were in heaven.

It is a beautiful day today, the snow is coming down and I am inside, it looks so Christmasy. I have felt more of the Christmas spirit this year than ever. I think not having much money this year has been such a good thing, I feel like my girls are getting more involved in our gifts. We have been trying to make most of our gifts, which is challenging because I am not the most crafty person. Anna and Livy are so excited for Tony's family in England to open their homemade presents.

We cut down our own Christmas tree this year, we drove about 2 hours and hiked through the snow. We went with our good friends Marc and Cec Smith, with their two kids Ryan and Shay. As you can see the tree looks smaller in the forest, it is almost touching our ceiling. Livy kept climbing up the ladder without us looking, scared us to death. Notice Livy had to wear her fancy Christmas dress to decorate the tree.

We are having our first Christmas without any extended family this year, it has been 5 years since that happened (before Livy was born). I am looking forward to it, although I love having big crowded Christmas' too.