It's a wonderful life

Ellisa loves to sit up to the piano and play, she is wearing a little apron that I found for her. I think that next year she will love to be cooking Christmas goodies with us

Making sure that everyone is watching and clapping for her

Ellisa and Gran

So Sweet

My Little Baby Doll

Rollerskating Field trip

The kids had a lot of fun skating they had never been to a skating rink before, and Sam loved the freedom. Garret had fun once we got his skates a little slower, thanks to Kammie for skating with them so I could hangout with Ellisa.

Christmas Tree Hunting

This year we thought that it would be fun to take the kids out and hunt for a special family tree for our family room. I remember doing this as girl and loving the day outdoors. Aaron and I did this our first Christmas and have always wanted to do it with the kids, but it seems like most years we are traveling, and this year we aren't going any where so we told the kids what we were thinking and they said "no way, I don't want to do that". I had it in my mind that we were, so we did. The kids actually loved it!

Garret making a snow angel

Snowball fight

Bum sledding

Hiking

The best tree (at least the best that we could find)

I love the smell of a fresh tree

Cutting it down

Timber

Sam did so good and helped carry the tree back to the van

Kammie was able to be here and go with us, the kids love having her around.

$5 tree tag+fun hiking through the sand to find the best tree+an evening stringing popcorn

=great family fun