And That's a Wrap

We finished out the year having a lot of fun.  As usual we took our annual trip to Temple Square to see the lights.  It was cold but fun as usual.  I love wrapping up our Christmas celebration this way.  

First we stopped at the Grand America to participate in their window scavenger hunt.  

The highlight for Alex is riding trax to the temple.

After stopping for dinner we checked out the candy windows.

Mia stayed snuggled in her stroller.

As we walked we reminisced about Alex's first year seeing the lights.  Alex was a almost two months older than Mia at this point but they definitely look like brother and sister.  It is fun to compare them.  I sure love these sweet babies!   

We also gathered together again to have one more "Christmas" dinner and do our ever exciting nativity.  

We all dress up and take a part.  It never makes much sense but it is a good reminder of why we celebrate this season.

I was a shepherd and Mia was a wiseman.

Alex was baby Jesus and took the part very seriously.  He laid quietly the whole time.

 Grandma and Grandpa as Mary and Joseph.

King Herod and Delilah

Baby Jesus and the "Star"

Brandon couldn't contain his excitement.

The Angels.

And a Yoda sheep.

Another high quality production.

We finally got some real snow and Alex was excited to get out in it.  He was less excited when he realized it is wet and very cold.  It was fun while it lasted.

Hot chocolate is always a must after.

A final look at Alex's Advent Lego's.  Each day he got to take out a piece.  In the end he had quite the collection.

And I can't do a post without a picture of Mia sleeping.

Her waking up faces are my favorite.

2014 was a wonderful year for our family full of blessings.  We are so grateful for all we have and that Mia finally joined our family.  We can't wait for 2015.  

Christmas Day

We had a great Christmas this year.  It was extra special that it was Mia's first Christmas.  Alex is at the perfect age to enjoy the magic of Christmas.  It was a great day! 

Alex must have been really good this year because Santa brought him a lot of loot.  It was so fun to watch him open his presents.  He gets so excited over everything.  

Mia was less excited about the whole thing.  She had a harder time waking up.

Alex was very excited he got a Snackies cup.  Thanks to annoying commercials he has been asking for one of these for months.

Still not sure...

Santa even brought Mia some presents and some treats.

Alex doing one of many victory dances about his presents.  This was for some Mindcraft Legos.

Santa even came through in the end to find Alex a "Max Tow Truck" which Alex said he wanted more than anything.  His reaction was definitely not worth the 6 am wake up call it took to get this present.  He was mildly excited about it.

After opening presents and enjoying a delicious breakfast of German pancakes and sausage, we headed first to Grandma Clements house.  Mia slept most of the time we were there.

Finally, we headed to Grandma Hettinger's house for one more round of presents.  

There was no shortage of Frozen presents.

It was all too much for Brandon.  (He did have to work 6 hours the night before). 

That night and the entire next day we didn't leave our family room.  We opened lots of new toys, built many Legos and enjoyed all our spoils.  

I can't believe Christmas has already come and gone.  We are very blessed and we can't wait until next year.