Christmas

   "Maybe Christmas means a little more......"  Christmas was wonderful this year.  I had so much fun watching Dawson enjoy family, toys and getting a lot of attention!

      I've thought a lot about what Christmas is really about this year.  To me it is celebrating our Savior and really truley showing Him that we love him by serving others.  I'm so grateful for my little family this Christmas season.

   We went up to Jesse's parents house for Christmas Eve!  We spent the night and had so much fun!!!

 We had a nice little program.  We read of Christ's birth and sang songs.  Lori and Jacob played a really pretty song on the piano.

 Santa!

  "We are excited for Santa to come!"

 After we put in the "Elf" and snuggled up and watched it.  (I was asleep in 10 min!)
I woke up at 7:30ish....and I was so excited I wanted Dawson to wake up!  He woke up shortly after and had a quick bottle and we all went downstairs to see if Santa came!

And he did!....

  

He needed some cuddles before opening his gifts

He loved the stocking the most.

 Everyone!

After opening gifts for a while we took Dawson outside and let him play in the snow.

 I thought this pic was so funny....Dawson is playing with Ethen's toy and Ethen is playing with Dawson's!  haha!

We played a quick game and than we were off to my Mom's house!
He fell asleep instantly!

Than at my Mom's house we ate yummy food, played lots of games, talked and opened presents!

 My mommy and Sophie!  Sophie always gets spoiled

 These two are so cute and fun to watch together

 Daddy got a shovel that Dawson didn't want to leave alone!

 The two love birds!

So one of my favorite memories of this Christmas was when Jesse and I played hide and seek with a bunch of the kids.  We played for almost an hour!  It was really fun getting into it and watching the kids love it!  Jesse and I had some good hiding places!  (I got smooshed into a very small cabnet!)  hahah!  Jesse also helped me crawl into a box and he put stuff on top of the box so it looked like I wasn't in there.....it took the kids a while to find me!
   I'm so grateful for Christ and hope that I can better serve Him this upcoming year.

Santa Baby

    Christmas time this year is so much fun.  Dawson is loving it.  He is so curious about everything.

 Santa Baby!!!!

   Last night we went and saw the lights down town.  It was fun to go as a little family.  I loved the set up of Christ's birth.  I loved how President Monson says.....we need to have the christmas spirit all year long, even when the lights are all put away.  I want to be better all year long.  I want to do more service, love my family more, and just be a better Annie.

  So Jesse and I loved just watching Dawson walk around!  He looked so cute in his scarf!  After we went and got donuts and hot coco!  Such a fun night.

We love to see the temple!

This picture is right after I put up our tree!  He loves the tree and loves to point and say, "Tree!"

 Jesse couldn't wait to take Dawson outside to play in the snow when we had our first snow fall.

 Of course Jesse was trying to teach him to eat the snow.....typical Jesse  :)  (such a good dad!  That must be taught!)

Dawson didn't love that he couldn't move good.  haha!