Christmas Day

Christmas was very special this year. We decided to have the kids draw names and make the gifts for each other. Noah painted Russian nesting dolls for Chloe, Sydney knitted Noah a winter hat, Maddie made Sydney beautiful jewelry, and I made Maddie a tutu from Chloe. Jarrett took a gorgeous picture of the Salt Lake Temple for me, and I made him a calendar. I think the thing the I loved the most was how excited they were to give. Those were the presents they wanted to open the most. I also truly loved the one on one time with my kids as we worked on the presents in secret. The other presents were fun to but, the ones we made will be a memory that will last.

Christmas Eve

The Bickham Family came to our house for Christmas Eve this year. We had a great time and the food was really good. I thought we would do something a little different. I read a Christmas story about serving, then we put together a few hygiene kits for the humanitarian center. I don't know if everyone caught my vision with a Christmas story and a service project but for me this is what makes the holidays meaningful.

The Bickham's always do white elephants. They are always the funniest part of Christmas Eve and this year was no different. 20 lbs. of gray eyelets, hot curlers, urine measurer, 40 year old used golf balls in their original packaging, carpet tool, cell phone that fell in the toilet(Jarrett got this as his gift, boy was he thrilled) A book with people dancing with cats. Well you get the idea. The Bickham's do white elephants the traditional way.