Christmas

Well, Santa was good to us this year. Braxton recieved his "green machine" which he's been talking about for months. His other big present was a drumset. (I think that's going to be a present we are going to regret.) Hailey got her kitchen, along with a vaccum that really works (figured if she's going to play with a vaccum, she might as well be helpful) Braxton slept in till 8am and then we woke everyone up to open gifts. Mikes entire family was here, so we had a houseful, but the kids had a great time.
Until next year.............

Primary Partay!

This past friday night we had our ward Christmas party, well one of them anyway. For some reason, instead of doing a family Christmas party this year, they split it up between the adults and the primary kids. The adults had a dance at the Humphry home (a very wealthy family here, who's house has a bowling alley in it, golf course, 50's diner, 5 stories just to give you an idea of the size of this place. The primary kids had a party at the church, not on the same night. But Santa was there. This is actually the first time we've seen a Santa at any church party since we've moved to Georgia. But Braxton loved it. He was able to tell Santa all about the "green machine" he wanted. Hailey wouldn't even sit on his lap. She just ran up and took a candy cane out of his bag and ran off. Smart girl!

Dressing Hailey

Having a boy for my first child and my only child for almost 5 years, I missed out on one of the perks of having a girl, dressing her. There are so many cute choices out there! Being a girl myself, I was never really into wearing dresses other than to church. Hailey, on the other hand, loves to wear dresses. She also loves to wear dressy shoes. She will bring me or Mike a pair to put on her to wear around the house. I did however love to have my hair done as a child and still like to do different things to it. With Hailey, it's a big struggle to even brush it (unless I have her sit in front of a mirror, so she can watch herself). I'll do her hair and two minutes later, it's either a huge mess or she's pulled everything out that I've put in it.

Graham Cracker Crazy!

We have officially constructed our graham village for the Christmas season. I have tried to carry on the tradition, from my family, of making "Christmas" graham cracker houses. It's not quite the same as getting together with my parents, sisters and brother, with all of their kids to work on our houses, but close enough. We invited our good friends the Maddox's over to join in the fun. Braxton made a wonderful house all by himself and Mike helped Hailey with hers. (which was pretty much Mike doing it and Hailey watching while she ate candy) I spent most of the night making the frosting, but in between batches I was able to put a couple of small houses together, to add to our little village.