Travis and I have spent 17yrs together and never had a Christmas together just us. This year it happened. Family decided to push back our Christmas dinner to boxing day and our little family of 4 had Christmas day to ourselves. It was wonderful, relaxed, and cozy.  We enjoyed it so much that we are going to make sure we do it again next year.

 Our tree

 Opening Stockings

 The gifts that Alyssa made us this year. A picture frame, Christmas ornament and little bird house

 The box Aly made at school to wrap our gifts in.

 Star Wars has taken over our home. Emerson and Daddy trying out the lightsabers.

This picture turned out really cool. We turned off the lights and I made sure my camera flash was off.

Christmas Eve with the Heads

 Have to get a hockey game in before dinner

 Neenee and Nolan

 Kieran, Emerson, Alyssa and Nolan

Crazy cousins! 

 Present time

 My beautiful Sis in Law Kyla and my ridiculously cute nephew Nolan

Aly had to show off her head stand

Grandma Karen and Victoria 

 Alyssa and Victoria

 Uncle Chad and Emerson

 Present time

 Darth Vader and Santa

This year we made a bunch of super yummy sugar cookies over Christmas.  The kids chose which cookies cutters they wanted to use and the favorite was the gingerbread boy/girl.  For Christmas we got some Star Wars and ninja cookie cutters, we're super excited to try them out.

Alyssa pretending to be a kitty

 A few weeks ago we started to get a lot of snow. One day there was so much that I insisted that the kids put on their full snow gear. They did nothing but complain, "No, not the snow gear, please no. Why does it have to snow. I don't like snow."  Then they got outside and started making snow angels, rolling around and playing and it became "No, please, No, we don't want to go to school please let us stay home to play. We LOVE snow!"

Alyssa and Emerson make such adorable little snow angels.

Alyssa, Emerson and cousin Harry packing up a couple of shoe boxes. The kids were really excited to pick out what would go inside but none could really understand how there are kids who don't get Christmas presents.  We always pick 1 boy and 1 girl and pack it full of crafty stuff and a couple of toys.  Next year Alyssa will be old enough to write a letter all by herself to include in our boxes.

 Alyssa's Spark group had a Mexican fiesta night and they made ponchos out of paper bags.

 And because she is so cute I had to take some up close.

I love this face! Alyssa is so much fun, she's expressive and full of spice.

 Writing and decorating their letters to Santa.

 They love to be crazy, especially when they know they're driving me CRAZY!

Finally a nice picture.

Alyssa got her hair cut a week ago and she was so happy to hear me tell her that she looks older.