Christmas in Hershey...the sweetest place on Earth!

On our Christmas music station, the jingle "Christmas in Hershey, the sweetest place on earth" played all the time. It finally got to us and we decided to see if it was the sweetest place on earth. We met the Hershey man.

Chocolate...these bars are so big! The kids really wanted it, but there was no way we could eat all that. They got over it quick once the rides started.

We had a very fun day at Hershey, PA.

7 years!

Happy Anniversary to us on Dec. 26th

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Now I am finally blogging about Christmas. We had a delicious ham dinner and some yummy desserts.

After our Christmas Eve dinner we acted out the nativity scene. Garrett kept saying we were playing it. So, we 'played' the nativity scene.

Then we opened one Christmas Eve present (PJ's)...

...and put out cookies and eggnog for santa.

Christmas morning...

Garrett got a drum set and trainig wheels for the bike we bought him at a yard sale this last summer. It didn't have training wheels so he couldn't even ride it. Now he can :)

Maelie got this kitchen and loves it.

On Christmas evening, we had a single sister over from our ward who wouldn't have any family for Christmas dinner. We ate and visited. On the way out, we gave her some desserts to take home with her. It was left on the edge of the table while she was getting her coat on and Sterling got a hold of it. He was enjoying it so we let him have the rest. She was okay with that and insisted that I take a picture. He was very happy as you can see.

We had a GREAT Christmas Eve and Christmas day. It was fun to spend all day with the kids playing with their new toys. Now we have to wait another year for Christmas.

Saying Goodbye

Our Ward mission couple, the Heymans, left our ward after serving for 1 1/2 years. They did so much for our ward. We'll really miss them!

Christmas Joys

We love Christmas and we love our traditions! One of our traditions is making gingerbread houses. DJ and I have made them every year since we've been married. Here is the royal mess we made making them.

Garrett ate more than he decorated!
Maelie always takes such care when making things.

DJ and I upgraded this year and made BIG gingerbread houses. DJ's house.

My house. I would live there :)

The back of my house.

Another Joy is Christmas dresses. This is Maelie's Christmas dress this year.

And another joy...our Christmas tree. It may be small, but we love it! We love to sit next to it and drink hot cocoa.

All lit up.

Meet my dentist!

I went to my new dentist the other day and he was much different from dentist's I've had in the past. He was professional, easy to talk to and kind. He actually cared about his patient (me), and I felt comfortable enough to move his hands out of my mouth whenever I wanted. Needless to say, I was not the greatest patient, but I had the greatest dentist!

Thanksgiving in Ohio

For Thanksgiving we traveled to Dayton, OH to visit one of my sisters and her family. Of course I didn't take any pictures on Thanksgiving Day, but I did get some on other days. It was really nice to be with some family on Thanksgiving.

My sister had a really nice setup for pictures so we were able to get some nice family shots.

The boys weren't as happy about pictures as the girls were so we got some really cute ones of the girl cousins. Very cute. Those two had so much fun together. I hardly saw Maelie at all. She was playing hard the whole time.

How do you get a 15month old to sit still for a picture????

Give him a stuffed animal and hold on tight!

While we were there we were able to go with their family to pick out their Christmas tree. It was tons of fun and very cold!

Sterling's eye peeking out.

The place they went to pick their tree was really neat. It was family owned and operated. they give you an ax, point you to the trees and say pick out the one you want, cut it down and take it home. So, we walked around and found the perfect tree.

Us in front of the tree.

Each kid got a chance to cut the tree.

Other pictures of the weekend.

DJ got to go hunting! He was so excited and had so much fun!

The traffic was bad on the way home, but the kids traveled GREAT! When we were about an hour from home, Garrett threw up. He had just eaten too much! He wasn't sick or anything, just ate too much food.

It was a FUN Thanksgiving. Thanks Jenn and Ned for all the food, fun, entertainment, and company! It was great.