Christmas 2015

Mallory's gifts-- I snapped a few pictures before they woke up

Hayley's stuff

Brittney's things all ready

Christmas morning was wonderful! The girls woke up at 8:05 and ran up to our room. Scott and I had been awake about 20 minutes, just waiting for the girls to wake up. 

Ready to head downstairs and waiting for Mom to get the camera ready and take a picture!

When we all made it down to the living room, all three girls grabbed a gift that they wanted Scott and I to open first—they didn’t touch any of their own presents until after Scott opened his new church shoes we had found for him and I had opened a nice pair of black boots (the girls and Scott went shopping on Wednesday night). After we had opened our gift, then the girls started to open theirs. Later, I was asking Mallory what her favorite part of the day was. She said her favorite things was when Scott and I opened our presents. I told Mallory how sweet and kind and giving she it—she truly is more concerned about others than herself (most of the time)—what a sweet and Christ like attribute to have. I hope she will continue to cultivate this attribute throughout her life. 

Scott opening his new church shoes

Mallory received clothes, books, fabric quarters, flair pens, a small hymn book with her name on it, the Piano Guys Christmas CD and piano ornament, a new quilt, earrings (lots of different ones) and a coupon and money to get her ears pierced, movies (“once I was a Beehive” and an American Girl Collection), a BYU shirt and other things. Hayley gave Mallory some mint green skinny jeans and Brittney gave her a new 3 ring binder (a cute one) with pencil pouch.  

Mallory checking out her stocking filled with candy, lotion, EOS's, and other small things

Mallory's binder from Brittney

Mallory was just a little excited for this movie (she has held it in her hands many times at the store over the past few weeks asking for me to buy it!!

Mallory's new hymn book

Mallory with her BYU gear-- we love to watch the BYU Women's Soccer games on TV

Mallory's "Piano Guys Christmas" CD and piano ornament

Mallory's Santa Gift tags

Hayley received clothes, an Eiffel tower lamp, books, fabric, movie (the new Cinderella one),  flair pens, a small hymn book with her name on it, earrings (all beachy things like starfish, turtles, etc.) and a coupon and money to get her ears pierced, movies, a new quilt, a BYU shirt and other things.  Mallory gave Hayley an Eiffel Tower jewelry holder and Brittney gave her a 3 ring binder with a pencil pouch (again, a cute one).

Hayley was pretty funny--she was so excited she kept falling off the couch onto the floor-- Hayley with her new watch

Hayley's Eiffel Tower Lamp for her bedroom-- she loved it!

Hayley checking out her Eiffel tower jewelry holder from Mallory--She loved it!

Hayley's new binder from Brittney

Hayley in all her cuteness!

Hayley and her hymnbook

Hayley opening her Real Salt Lake soccer scarf

Hayley's Santa Gift Tags

Brittney received clothes, a new coat, white ear muffs, panda mittens, movies (Hotel Transylvania, Inside Out, and The Wizard of Oz), books, fabric, flair pens, a small hymn book with her name on it, a card of Aloha earrings (about 20 pair) and a coupon and money to get her ears pierced, a BYU shirt and other things. Mallory gave Brittney some leg warmers and Hayley gave Brittney a cute green shirt with a hood.

Brittney reading her coupon to get her ears pierced-- Santa also left money in the envelope to pay for their earings.

Brittney has wanted ear muffs for quite some time-- she was pretty excited to get these fuzzy white ones!

One of Brittney's new shirts

Ear piercing Coupon straight from Santa

Ears pierced coupon

Brittney with some of her Fat Quarters for sewing

Brittney's Santa Gift Tags-- luckily they all said "nice"!!

Scott received new church shoes, a few shirts, “the Infinite Atonement” book, beef jerky, two lint rollers plus several other things.

Scott

Scott checking out his new book

I received some cute black boots, some fuzzy and very comfortable slippers, some moccasins, a scarf, new glasses for dinner and a coupon to get a new iPad or kindle (since Scott has taken over mine for bishop stuff) and new pots and pans. It was a wonderful Christmas! We are so blessed!

My moccasins

I just love my fuzzy slippers-- I wear them all over the house since they are so warm and comfy--LOVE THEM!

After we opened gifts, we watched “Once I was A Beehive” together. Scott saw it last week with the Young Women and wanted to have all of us watch it together. Mallory was over the moon excited that she received the movie—she gave many hints that she wanted it. She had it in her hands many times at the store and since I had already purchased it a few weeks earlier—I kept telling her “maybe another time” or “not today”. What a cute movie!! We laughed and I cried several times. The girls and Scott all looked at me as I started singing the camp songs along with the movie—they were shocked I knew them—it’s a girl’s camp thing. They sang “The Noah Song” and the “Mormon Boy” song (but I learned it as another song back in my day but the YW this year taught it to me. I shouldn’t have sung my version to them—but I did—it doesn’t sound so good now that I’m an adult and was their leader—it wasn’t one of my smartest ideas.)

We were able to FaceTime with my parents on their mission. I bet they were sick with the girls moving the phone around so much and so quickly trying to show them everything. I finally took the phone and had each of the girls come to me with something they wanted to show so the camera stayed steady. It sounded like my parents had a great Christmas too with the other senior missionaries (there were 12 of them together celebrating-- Canadian and American style).

We went sledding out back again today. Morgan and Grace Bailey came over to sled and then our girls went to their house too. I guess they have a huge, man-made hill in their backyard.

Hayley and Brittney going down the hill the girls have created over the past two weeks out behind our home

Mallory pulling Brittney back up to go again

Hayley heading down the hill Scott helped create yesterday

Mallory and Brittney going down again after Scott gave them a big push

Scott’s mom and Clark came by to visit and they stayed for about an hour. The girls showed off all their gifts.

We went to visit Scott’s dad later in the evening. Scott's brother Wayne and his wife Christy and son Michael came while we were there too! It was nice to visit with everyone.

It was a wonderful Christmas. We ended with talking about Jesus Christ and the gifts of ourselves we could give to Him this coming year when we got home. We watched “Hotel Transylvania” together (I fell asleep about 15 minutes into it—I had to watch it on Saturday since I had never seen it).