Just Us

Merry Christmas and A Happy New year to you all! This Christmas was our first Christmas at home, in Kirksville just us! It was the first big holiday ever at home just us for that matter! We made our own dinner, wrapped our own presents, were in charge of our own traditions. We felt really strongly going into the season that this is what we should do this year, save some money, stay home enjoy Marshalls time off, get organize for the coming year and just try it out for once. While it was very fun with some great adventures, we all missed home. We missed our families and season in Utah. But we are very excited that that will what next year will hold for us! as we will be moving to Utah this summer for Rotations!

So here is what our break looked like through pictures.

 Our first real christmas tree! we tied it to our car and everything! it was beautiful and made our house smell so lovely! Lights and christmas trees twinkling might be my favorite things in the world! We racked up our electric bill because i just couldn't bear to ever have the lights off this month!

The pictures below are of Max being the cutest helper in the kichten this season, and Marshall too of course. baking with them is the best kind of baking! They even did a perfect job spreading that butter and rolling up the rolls!

 On Christmas even we carried on the traditions of PJs and a movie the night before so we wrapped up our pajamas we had bought ourselves and opened them a few minutes later- I know a big waste of wrapping paper but it was fun. Max was just learning the concept of opening presents. We all looked great in our new pjs dont ya think? Then I had suprised Marshall with our movie and we are now (finally) the proud owners of a muppets christmas carol. I even thought it was funny this year.

 Our Christmas season was filled with playing the Nativity with these cute little sets. Max was obsessed we acted out the Christmas story with them daily and also had a nativity tornado by max daily. I am so grateful to have these little figures around to remind us and help us teach maxwell the true meaning of christmas.

 We had candy canes make a pathway from Maxwells room to the tree on christmas morning he was so excited it took forever for him to find his presents because all he wanted was the candy!

 My mom Made him a Superman cape on one side and batman on the other. He looks so cute in it and runs around the house so fast whenever he has it on!

 He loved his race track!

 The present tower!

 This break also consisted of a lot of cuddling and watching basketball with dad. Every day- multiple times aday max points to the computer or ipad and says "baball? baball" and then signs please to us. its so cute that we watch lots of basketball.

 Living in the midwest has been so fun because we get to see Marshalls sisters alot in Des Moines and Minnesota. after christmas we all met up in Des Moines for some sledding fun! Right by Tifs house there is a golf course with awesome sledding hills, we had too much fun! It was so fun for max to get to play with some of his cousins this christmas he loves them!

 Trying to play the Wii with his boy cousins! he fits right in! he liked playing Just Dance tho he was good at that one! Then we mad Gingerbread houses together! It was so cool to see everyones different style. How do you like them?

 Heres mine! I know your favorite :)

It was a wonderful christmas and we wish it wasnt almost over but we are so excited for the new year ahead and the many memories well make and new years resolutions well keep!