Christmas Fun!!

Oh my goodness, Christmas was so fun this year!!! Hazel has not quite connected the dots but she was definitely way into it. We had a lot of family parties we went to - Christmas Eve was the extended Bliss Family party as well as the more immediate family party with presents from Grammy and Grampy Bliss. Following that we went over to Great Grampy Clawson's and had food and presents there too. Then Christmas morning Hazel received her presents from Santa, from Mommy and from Daddy. We then went over to Uncle Jayson and Aunt Kim's for the immediate Robbins' Family party. We had a little break in between and then had the extended Robbins' Family party. Busy days but a lot of fun!!!! Hazel was very spoiled and loved EVERYTHING she got. We also made sure to have some time, as you will see below, to do our annual Nativity Scene to remember the reason for the season, Jesus Christ. It is fun in two ways - one we like to have a part of the night dedicated to remembering, two, we are definitely better at acting out the Nativity Scene then we are at singing or playing instruments. It was a lot of fun and man....I love that Hazel girl sooooo.....much!!! She is such a bright light in my life!!!! I am always going to do everything I can to be the kind of Mommy she deserves.
Merry Christmas!!!! I hope yours was as fun as ours!!!

The Beginnings of Christmas Fun

So the Christmas fun has begun. The first event we had was the ward Christmas party, and yes, Hazel is still afraid of Santa. But we had a good time and I obviously made her sit on his lap long enough to get a picture!!! What a mean mommy I am. We really like our new ward though!!!

Hazel's Uncle Glenn and Aunt Chrissy are going to be in Las Vegas for Christmas (that is where Glenn's family lives), so they had us all over for a nice dinner and some presents on Sunday. The girls had a lot of fun and Aunt Chrissy made them a really cute letter and frame for their rooms. Lisa and I had to buy them matching dresses too. They are so fun to watch now that they are really interacting.

Hazel looks so old in the above picture. Beautiful, but too soon...................

Sheryl and I made easy gingerbread (well graham cracker) houses with Hazel and Danny yesterday. They had a lot of fun...eating them anyway!!!

And that is just the beginning. It is not even Christmas Eve yet. We are so excited for all of the holiday fun with our awesome families and we are especially grateful for the birth of Jesus Christ and all he did for us. He is the reason we have fun times like these!!!