Christmas Day

Christmas morning...Santa Came!!

We slept over at My parents house this year. It was so much fun but i think this is the last year we will be at the grandparents. Next year the kids will be old enough we will need to start having Christmas at our own house and I am already excited about it!

Tina and Al woke US up when tina texted me to tell me they were almost here. They didn't want to miss chloe opening up her presents so they were here bright and early!

Ash was pretty happy they were here too!

Chloe was a little groggy at first but then realized she had presents to open...and dug right in! She opened that pink fuzzy pencil case first and thought she was in heaven....probably could have stopped right there! ha ha

Just our fam opening up stockings. We had a million presents cause we brought ALL of our presents for each other and for our kids. And everyone else already opened there's at home so pretty much everyone just watched us open presents.....LUCKY! ha ha

Regan and Al got matching coats.

Chloe was so excited for anything Belle, or princess or tinkerbell....anything else she just kinda looked at us like "thanks???"

Lanny got a sweet tool set

Ash was happy the entire time...just happy to be there. unless you put something on her head then she's all business.

Chloe's main present was her princess dress-ups. we went the day after halloween and got a bunch of dresses but they were all picked over so they were all a little big. So i just altered them to make them fit good enough for dress ups and she LOVES them!!

I found this Ikea wooden box in our garage that was regan's when he was single. A little white paint and Voila a perfect little dress up box fit for my princess!!

Yup we do this EVERY morning!!

I was spoiled rotten this year. I got this adorable Jo Totes bag, and iphone, perfume, boots, clothes, ect ect. the list goes on and on! my husband the shopaholic!

Speaking of my husband the shopaholic He came home with this beauty for chloe one day just for fun... yup a BIKE. not just any bike....a strider. he was adamant that she have one. so she got spoiled this christmas as well!!

We had her open the helmet first thinking she would have no idea what it was. She was so excited that it was princess. she put it on and looked around and said "My Bike??" what? how on earth she knew that it was a bike helmet i have no idea!

But she was SUPER excited and it will be so fun this spring/summer!

Oh and yes Ash was there and chloe opened most of her presents for her. she loved everything we put in front of her....she is hard to please!

After we opened presents at my parent's house we went back to Holt's for breakfast fondue..TRADITION!!! its my favorite!! Then we got even MORE spoiled by Regan's family, where chloe got this little car thing a ma jig. It's pretty fun to ride, you just turn the handle from side to side and it moves!

Chloe in her tinkerbell dress ups with her "geen belle shooz"

I felt like i was sewing and sewing before christmas but I really didnt make that much. I made those paratrooper stuffies for all the grandkids, a "Merry Christmas" banner for myself and one for my mom, I fixed the princess dress-ups, and then I made Ashley a doll. I think thats all I made. It sure felt like ALOT more! ha ha

Here is Ash's dolly i made her. Her tights are probably my favorite part. I love the way it turned out !

It's sure a step up from when I made chloe her doll! But chloe loves them both and plays with them all the time!

Christmas Eve

We spent our Christmas eve at Holt's this year. It was really special this year because everyone was able to be there.

We didn't draw names this year, we decided to do a white elephant gift exchange and it was alot of fun. the most coveted present was by far the Justin Beiber book that I opened....brittany's face was priceless! ha ha but I think she ended up with it in the end.

We were not going to be there in the morning so we gave our presents to the grandkids at night. I made these adorable little stuffy paratroopers for all the kids...but for some reason didn't take any pictures of them. too bad cause they were really cute i promise!

The picture on the right is from the blog I got the tutorial from. The ones I made were of everyones favorite character, so Chloe got Belle of course, Cam got a buzz lightyear, brady a ninja turtle ect. They had alot of fun throwing them off the banister for a few minutes while we were waiting for someone special to show up at the door!

SANTA!!!

We did go to santa at the mall but chloe wouldn't get very close to him. We have been asking her what Santa was going to bring her and she screams "BELLE TOYS!!!" super loud. ha ha she's a girl who knows what she wants!

We heard him pulling up on his quad (its faster than the sleigh) and all the kids ran to the window. There was alot of Jumping and screaming. Chloe was just scared stiff. ha ha but she did end up taking her present from him....getting so brave! cam was the best. He ended up being the last one to get something and was being SO patient just standing there not moving a muscle! haha

It was so fun for all the kids and then after he left Chloe was walking around looking VERY confused saying "santa?? santa?? where my belle toys??" HA HA so hilarious!!

Ash loved her dinosaur book that came with her jammies. And she loves her uncle Greg and cousin Brady too!

Opening christmas jammies, good thing Britty is around to help!

All the cousins in their jammers.

Matching girls! It was a great Christmas Eve with a TON of chinese food (my fave) and lots of goodies and fun!

Pre-Chrismtas

One of the many wonderful things about christmas???

Homemade Chocolates!!

Chloe was great helper!

We didn't always dip chocolates in our house, but for the last few years we have, and it is fast becoming the most delicious tradition ever! We don't go crazy like some people who make chocolates, we just make a few pans full to give away to friends and then we take the rest to Whitefish, where they were pretty much devoured. Adding to the 10 pounds I had already gained pre-Christmas!

We also have started a Heggie Christmas Party for the last couple of years which has been so much fun. We had a Hay ride, dinner, a lot of chatting and catching up, Santa came with treats for all the grandkids. It was so much fun! Then All the grand kids acted out the Nativity and it was the CUTEST thing I have ever seen!!

Chloe was a sheep...or a "sheet" as she would say.

The kids had been running around WILD for like 2 hours and were on a sugar high from the treats from santa so we weren't very hopeful that this would work. but It was amazing, Sheronna Jo had all the kids sit in their places while Uncle Ryan read the story out of the scriptures and all the kids just sat there. They all just SAT there! ha ha it was hilarious.

Cutest and sweetest mary and joseph ever! along with all the sheep.

And the cows just enjoying the story....and my cute little sheep!

Just a snapshot of my girls in their matching hoodies.

WE came out to Raymond for the Old Fashioned Christmas it wasn't near as cold as last year so there were a million people out. So their were lineups for all the activities going on, but we did do a few things. We went to story time, got chloe's face painted, got some cotton candy, saw santa from afar, and visited our "two papa's" uptown when we got our donuts and hot chocolate.

Ash is our best snuggler. she loves to just put her cheek up to your cheek and just hang out there for awhile. she is the sweetest!