Christmas in Des Moines

Christmastime is here... Well, it was when these pictures were taken!  Even though its February, I thought I should finally get around to the task of documenting our first Christmas as a family of four!  I'll post a few different parts so there aren't a million pictures on each post.

We had fun getting ready for Christmas this year.  When we set up the tree, Owen immediately said "Oh!!!" without any prompting from adults.  It was perfect.  Also, Carol helped liven up our tree by giving us each a Christmas ornament for Christmas.  Owen's was a dog which was also perfect.  Grandma Deb got Eden her Christmas stocking which is so cute.  

Something I always enjoy about the Christmas season in Des Moines is being with the students when they don't have school!  There's always a smaller crowd which means everyone still sticking around hangs out together most of the week.  One night we had the students over to make Gingerbread houses.  I thought they turned out wonderful!

Another night, the girls from our DTC Bible study had a cookie making/exchange/swap thingy.  It was so delicious.  I love spending time with those girls!

Jon and I had fun making a couple batches of caramels this year after we had so much fun doing it last year.  Hopefully, it'll become one of our family's Christmas traditions.  No pictures though...

On Christmas morning we were in Kansas City, so the four of us had our special time on the Tuesday before Christmas (because Tuesday's are our family day).  We had a big breakfast, opened presents and then played a game of cribbage while drinking hot chocolate.  It was a great day together.

Post coming soon... Christmas in Memphis!